diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index 740c1767ea..d080a1b616 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ int load_bloom_filter_from_graph(struct commit_graph *g,
 					sizeof(unsigned char) * start_index +
 					BLOOMDATA_CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE);
 	filter->version = g->bloom_filter_settings->hash_version;
+	filter->to_free = NULL;
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -264,6 +265,18 @@ void init_bloom_filters(void)
 	init_bloom_filter_slab(&bloom_filters);
 }
 
+static void free_one_bloom_filter(struct bloom_filter *filter)
+{
+	if (!filter)
+		return;
+	free(filter->to_free);
+}
+
+void deinit_bloom_filters(void)
+{
+	deep_clear_bloom_filter_slab(&bloom_filters, free_one_bloom_filter);
+}
+
 static int pathmap_cmp(const void *hashmap_cmp_fn_data UNUSED,
 		       const struct hashmap_entry *eptr,
 		       const struct hashmap_entry *entry_or_key,
@@ -280,7 +293,7 @@ static int pathmap_cmp(const void *hashmap_cmp_fn_data UNUSED,
 static void init_truncated_large_filter(struct bloom_filter *filter,
 					int version)
 {
-	filter->data = xmalloc(1);
+	filter->data = filter->to_free = xmalloc(1);
 	filter->data[0] = 0xFF;
 	filter->len = 1;
 	filter->version = version;
@@ -482,6 +495,7 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 			filter->len = 1;
 		}
 		CALLOC_ARRAY(filter->data, filter->len);
+		filter->to_free = filter->data;
 
 		hashmap_for_each_entry(&pathmap, &iter, e, entry) {
 			struct bloom_key key;
diff --git a/bloom.h b/bloom.h
index e3a9b68905..d20e64bfbb 100644
--- a/bloom.h
+++ b/bloom.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ struct bloom_filter {
 	unsigned char *data;
 	size_t len;
 	int version;
+
+	void *to_free;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ void add_key_to_filter(const struct bloom_key *key,
 		       const struct bloom_filter_settings *settings);
 
 void init_bloom_filters(void);
+void deinit_bloom_filters(void);
 
 enum bloom_filter_computed {
 	BLOOM_NOT_COMPUTED = (1 << 0),
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index e401e31a78..0de0f38b53 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ struct bloom_filter_settings *get_bloom_filter_settings(struct repository *r)
 void close_commit_graph(struct raw_object_store *o)
 {
 	clear_commit_graph_data_slab(&commit_graph_data_slab);
+	deinit_bloom_filters();
 	free_commit_graph(o->commit_graph);
 	o->commit_graph = NULL;
 }
@@ -2646,6 +2647,9 @@ int write_commit_graph(struct object_directory *odb,
 
 	res = write_commit_graph_file(ctx);
 
+	if (ctx->changed_paths)
+		deinit_bloom_filters();
+
 	if (ctx->split)
 		mark_commit_graphs(ctx);