diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 014dcd4bc9..6ac927047c 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,8 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 
 			stage_tmp_packfiles(&tmpname, pack_tmp_name,
 					    written_list, nr_written,
-					    &pack_idx_opts, hash, &idx_tmp_name);
+					    &to_pack, &pack_idx_opts, hash,
+					    &idx_tmp_name);
 
 			if (write_bitmap_index) {
 				size_t tmpname_len = tmpname.len;
diff --git a/bulk-checkin.c b/bulk-checkin.c
index 6d6c37171c..e988a388b6 100644
--- a/bulk-checkin.c
+++ b/bulk-checkin.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void finish_tmp_packfile(struct strbuf *basename,
 	char *idx_tmp_name = NULL;
 
 	stage_tmp_packfiles(basename, pack_tmp_name, written_list, nr_written,
-			    pack_idx_opts, hash, &idx_tmp_name);
+			    NULL, pack_idx_opts, hash, &idx_tmp_name);
 	rename_tmp_packfile_idx(basename, &idx_tmp_name);
 
 	free(idx_tmp_name);
diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index 51812cb129..a2adc565f4 100644
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ void stage_tmp_packfiles(struct strbuf *name_buffer,
 			 const char *pack_tmp_name,
 			 struct pack_idx_entry **written_list,
 			 uint32_t nr_written,
+			 struct packing_data *to_pack,
 			 struct pack_idx_option *pack_idx_opts,
 			 unsigned char hash[],
 			 char **idx_tmp_name)
diff --git a/pack.h b/pack.h
index b22bfc4a18..fd27cfdfd7 100644
--- a/pack.h
+++ b/pack.h
@@ -109,11 +109,14 @@ int encode_in_pack_object_header(unsigned char *hdr, int hdr_len,
 #define PH_ERROR_PROTOCOL	(-3)
 int read_pack_header(int fd, struct pack_header *);
 
+struct packing_data;
+
 struct hashfile *create_tmp_packfile(char **pack_tmp_name);
 void stage_tmp_packfiles(struct strbuf *name_buffer,
 			 const char *pack_tmp_name,
 			 struct pack_idx_entry **written_list,
 			 uint32_t nr_written,
+			 struct packing_data *to_pack,
 			 struct pack_idx_option *pack_idx_opts,
 			 unsigned char hash[],
 			 char **idx_tmp_name);