1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index 7b07921b30..82d841bf2d 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -40,15 +40,8 @@ struct tag *lookup_tag(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct object *obj = lookup_object(sha1);
 	if (!obj)
-		return create_object(sha1, OBJ_TAG, alloc_tag_node());
-	if (!obj->type)
-		obj->type = OBJ_TAG;
-	if (obj->type != OBJ_TAG) {
-		error("Object %s is a %s, not a tag",
-		      sha1_to_hex(sha1), typename(obj->type));
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return (struct tag *) obj;
+		return create_object(sha1, alloc_tag_node());
+	return object_as_type(obj, OBJ_TAG, 0);
 }
 
 static unsigned long parse_tag_date(const char *buf, const char *tail)