diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index bfdfb51c7c..f6afe67bef 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -827,7 +827,9 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 			cb.seen = &seen;
 
 			for_each_loose_object(batch_unordered_loose, &cb, 0);
-			for_each_packed_object(batch_unordered_packed, &cb,
+			for_each_packed_object(the_repository,
+					       batch_unordered_packed,
+					       &cb,
 					       FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
 
 			oidset_clear(&seen);
@@ -835,7 +837,10 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 			struct oid_array sa = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
 
 			for_each_loose_object(collect_loose_object, &sa, 0);
-			for_each_packed_object(collect_packed_object, &sa, 0);
+			for_each_packed_object(the_repository,
+					       collect_packed_object,
+					       &sa,
+					       0);
 
 			oid_array_for_each_unique(&sa, batch_object_cb, &cb);
 
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index bb56eb98ac..ccf6a8eab2 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -391,7 +391,10 @@ static void check_connectivity(void)
 		 * traversal.
 		 */
 		for_each_loose_object(mark_loose_unreachable_referents, NULL, 0);
-		for_each_packed_object(mark_packed_unreachable_referents, NULL, 0);
+		for_each_packed_object(the_repository,
+				       mark_packed_unreachable_referents,
+				       NULL,
+				       0);
 	}
 
 	/* Look up all the requirements, warn about missing objects.. */
@@ -966,7 +969,10 @@ int cmd_fsck(int argc,
 
 	if (connectivity_only) {
 		for_each_loose_object(mark_loose_for_connectivity, NULL, 0);
-		for_each_packed_object(mark_packed_for_connectivity, NULL, 0);
+		for_each_packed_object(the_repository,
+				       mark_packed_for_connectivity,
+				       NULL,
+				       0);
 	} else {
 		prepare_alt_odb(the_repository);
 		for (odb = the_repository->objects->odb; odb; odb = odb->next)
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 321e77ebf3..4b91dc0add 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -3540,9 +3540,8 @@ static void read_packs_list_from_stdin(void)
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &include_packs) {
 		struct packed_git *p = item->util;
-		for_each_object_in_pack(p,
-					add_object_entry_from_pack,
-					&revs,
+		for_each_object_in_pack(the_repository, p,
+					add_object_entry_from_pack, &revs,
 					FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
 	}
 
@@ -3929,7 +3928,8 @@ static int add_object_in_unpacked_pack(const struct object_id *oid,
 
 static void add_objects_in_unpacked_packs(void)
 {
-	if (for_each_packed_object(add_object_in_unpacked_pack, NULL,
+	if (for_each_packed_object(the_repository,
+				   add_object_in_unpacked_pack, NULL,
 				   FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER |
 				   FOR_EACH_OBJECT_LOCAL_ONLY |
 				   FOR_EACH_OBJECT_SKIP_IN_CORE_KEPT_PACKS |
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index d6bb37e84a..96a4fa234b 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void repack_promisor_objects(const struct pack_objects_args *args,
 	 * {type -> existing pack order} ordering when computing deltas instead
 	 * of a {type -> size} ordering, which may produce better deltas.
 	 */
-	for_each_packed_object(write_oid, &cmd,
+	for_each_packed_object(the_repository, write_oid, &cmd,
 			       FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PROMISOR_ONLY);
 
 	if (cmd.in == -1) {
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 1c333a9c52..8c72c3ac10 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -1923,8 +1923,8 @@ static int fill_oids_from_packs(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx,
 			ret = error(_("error opening index for %s"), packname.buf);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
-		for_each_object_in_pack(p, add_packed_commits, ctx,
-					FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
+		for_each_object_in_pack(the_repository, p, add_packed_commits,
+					ctx, FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
 		close_pack(p);
 		free(p);
 	}
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ static void fill_oids_from_all_packs(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx)
 		ctx->progress = start_delayed_progress(
 			_("Finding commits for commit graph among packed objects"),
 			ctx->approx_nr_objects);
-	for_each_packed_object(add_packed_commits, ctx,
+	for_each_packed_object(the_repository, add_packed_commits, ctx,
 			       FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
 	if (ctx->progress_done < ctx->approx_nr_objects)
 		display_progress(ctx->progress, ctx->approx_nr_objects);
diff --git a/object-store-ll.h b/object-store-ll.h
index 53b8e693b1..710130cd06 100644
--- a/object-store-ll.h
+++ b/object-store-ll.h
@@ -542,10 +542,11 @@ typedef int each_packed_object_fn(const struct object_id *oid,
 				  struct packed_git *pack,
 				  uint32_t pos,
 				  void *data);
-int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
+int for_each_object_in_pack(struct repository *repo,
+			    struct packed_git *p,
 			    each_packed_object_fn, void *data,
 			    enum for_each_object_flags flags);
-int for_each_packed_object(each_packed_object_fn, void *,
-			   enum for_each_object_flags flags);
+int for_each_packed_object(struct repository *repo, each_packed_object_fn,
+			   void *, enum for_each_object_flags flags);
 
 #endif /* OBJECT_STORE_LL_H */
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 6bc7b6e9eb..aea8e9f429 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,8 @@ int has_pack_index(struct repository *repo, const unsigned char *sha1)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
+int for_each_object_in_pack(struct repository *repo,
+			    struct packed_git *p,
 			    each_packed_object_fn cb, void *data,
 			    enum for_each_object_flags flags)
 {
@@ -2169,7 +2170,7 @@ int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
 	int r = 0;
 
 	if (flags & FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER) {
-		if (load_pack_revindex(the_repository, p))
+		if (load_pack_revindex(repo, p))
 			return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -2194,7 +2195,7 @@ int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
 		else
 			index_pos = i;
 
-		if (nth_packed_object_id(the_repository, &oid, p, index_pos) < 0)
+		if (nth_packed_object_id(repo, &oid, p, index_pos) < 0)
 			return error("unable to get sha1 of object %u in %s",
 				     index_pos, p->pack_name);
 
@@ -2205,15 +2206,15 @@ int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
 	return r;
 }
 
-int for_each_packed_object(each_packed_object_fn cb, void *data,
-			   enum for_each_object_flags flags)
+int for_each_packed_object(struct repository *repo, each_packed_object_fn cb,
+			   void *data, enum for_each_object_flags flags)
 {
 	struct packed_git *p;
 	int r = 0;
 	int pack_errors = 0;
 
-	prepare_packed_git(the_repository);
-	for (p = get_all_packs(the_repository); p; p = p->next) {
+	prepare_packed_git(repo);
+	for (p = get_all_packs(repo); p; p = p->next) {
 		if ((flags & FOR_EACH_OBJECT_LOCAL_ONLY) && !p->pack_local)
 			continue;
 		if ((flags & FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PROMISOR_ONLY) &&
@@ -2229,7 +2230,7 @@ int for_each_packed_object(each_packed_object_fn cb, void *data,
 			pack_errors = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-		r = for_each_object_in_pack(p, cb, data, flags);
+		r = for_each_object_in_pack(repo, p, cb, data, flags);
 		if (r)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -2298,7 +2299,8 @@ int is_promisor_object(const struct object_id *oid)
 
 	if (!promisor_objects_prepared) {
 		if (repo_has_promisor_remote(the_repository)) {
-			for_each_packed_object(add_promisor_object,
+			for_each_packed_object(the_repository,
+					       add_promisor_object,
 					       &promisor_objects,
 					       FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PROMISOR_ONLY |
 					       FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
diff --git a/reachable.c b/reachable.c
index 09d2c50079..ecf7ccf504 100644
--- a/reachable.c
+++ b/reachable.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int add_unseen_recent_objects_to_traversal(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (ignore_in_core_kept_packs)
 		flags |= FOR_EACH_OBJECT_SKIP_IN_CORE_KEPT_PACKS;
 
-	r = for_each_packed_object(add_recent_packed, &data, flags);
+	r = for_each_packed_object(revs->repo, add_recent_packed, &data, flags);
 
 done:
 	oidset_clear(&data.extra_recent_oids);
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index d1d152a67b..d7913d7608 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@ int prepare_revision_walk(struct rev_info *revs)
 		revs->treesame.name = "treesame";
 
 	if (revs->exclude_promisor_objects) {
-		for_each_packed_object(mark_uninteresting, revs,
+		for_each_packed_object(revs->repo, mark_uninteresting, revs,
 				       FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PROMISOR_ONLY);
 	}
 
