diff --git a/sha1-name.c b/sha1-name.c
index d9050776dde..3aba62938f9 100644
--- a/sha1-name.c
+++ b/sha1-name.c
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ static enum get_oid_result get_oid_with_context_1(struct repository *repo,
 
 			cb.repo = repo;
 			cb.list = &list;
-			refs_for_each_ref(repo->refs, handle_one_ref, &cb);
+			refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(repo), handle_one_ref, &cb);
 			refs_head_ref(repo->refs, handle_one_ref, &cb);
 			commit_list_sort_by_date(&list);
 			return get_oid_oneline(repo, name + 2, oid, list);
diff --git a/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh b/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh
index 4c8f3b8e1bd..6cdbe4747aa 100755
--- a/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh
+++ b/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ test_expect_success '"git log -- :/a" should not be ambiguous' '
 	git log -- :/a
 '
 
+test_expect_success '"git log :/any/path/" should not segfault' '
+	test_must_fail git log :/any/path/
+'
+
 # This differs from the ":/a" check above in that :/in looks like a pathspec,
 # but doesn't match an actual file.
 test_expect_success '"git log :/in" should not be ambiguous' '