diff --git a/ui-atom.c b/ui-atom.c
index 541660d..5f4ad7d 100644
--- a/ui-atom.c
+++ b/ui-atom.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ void cgit_print_atom(char *tip, const char *path, int max_count)
 			first = false;
 		}
 		add_entry(commit, host);
-		free_commit_buffer(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
-		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
+		release_commit_memory(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
 	html("</feed>\n");
diff --git a/ui-log.c b/ui-log.c
index 565929f..311304a 100644
--- a/ui-log.c
+++ b/ui-log.c
@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 	for (i = 0; i < ofs && (commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL; /* nop */) {
 		if (show_commit(commit, &rev))
 			i++;
-		free_commit_buffer(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
-		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
+		release_commit_memory(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -511,8 +510,7 @@ void cgit_print_log(const char *tip, int ofs, int cnt, char *grep, char *pattern
 			i++;
 			print_commit(commit, &rev);
 		}
-		free_commit_buffer(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
-		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
+		release_commit_memory(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
 	if (pager) {
diff --git a/ui-stats.c b/ui-stats.c
index 09b3625..40ed6c2 100644
--- a/ui-stats.c
+++ b/ui-stats.c
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ static struct string_list collect_stats(const struct cgit_period *period)
 	memset(&authors, 0, sizeof(authors));
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&rev)) != NULL) {
 		add_commit(&authors, commit, period);
-		free_commit_buffer(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
-		free_commit_list(commit->parents);
+		release_commit_memory(the_repository->parsed_objects, commit);
 		commit->parents = NULL;
 	}
 	return authors;