diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index da74a2b29a..b4c57af998 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt)
 	 * packed one.  Also, if it was not loose we need to repack
 	 * without it.
 	 */
-	ret |= repack_without_ref(refname);
+	ret |= repack_without_ref(lock->ref_name);
 
 	unlink_or_warn(git_path("logs/%s", lock->ref_name));
 	invalidate_ref_cache(NULL);
diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index f7ec203cfb..e415ee0bbf 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 	"move $m (by HEAD)" \
 	"git update-ref HEAD $B $A &&
 	 test $B"' = $(cat .git/'"$m"')'
-test_expect_failure "delete $m (by HEAD) should remove both packed and loose $m" '
+test_expect_success "delete $m (by HEAD) should remove both packed and loose $m" '
 	git update-ref -d HEAD $B &&
 	! grep "$m" .git/packed-refs &&
 	! test -f .git/$m