diff --git a/builtin/replay.c b/builtin/replay.c
index 225cef0880..6172c8aacc 100644
--- a/builtin/replay.c
+++ b/builtin/replay.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static struct commit *create_commit(struct repository *repo,
 	obj = parse_object(repo, &ret);
 
 out:
+	repo_unuse_commit_buffer(the_repository, based_on, message);
 	free_commit_extra_headers(extra);
 	free_commit_list(parents);
 	strbuf_release(&msg);
diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c
index 30075b67be..fe15e11497 100644
--- a/builtin/shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin/shortlog.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log,
 					     ctx->output_encoding);
 	body = strstr(commit_buffer, "\n\n");
 	if (!body)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	trailer_iterator_init(&iter, body);
 	while (trailer_iterator_advance(&iter)) {
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log,
 	}
 	trailer_iterator_release(&iter);
 
+out:
 	strbuf_release(&ident);
 	repo_unuse_commit_buffer(the_repository, commit, commit_buffer);
 }