diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index cab8d4455b..82667514bd 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ void clear_commit_marks_many(int nr, struct commit **commit, unsigned int mark)
 	struct commit_list *list = NULL;
 
 	while (nr--) {
-		commit_list_insert(*commit, &list);
+		clear_commit_marks_1(&list, *commit, mark);
 		commit++;
 	}
 	while (list)