diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index dfc3c3e8bd..dda4582d64 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 					 &oid, &oc)) {
 			if (seen_dashdash)
 				die(_("unable to resolve revision: %s"), arg);
+			object_context_release(&oc);
 			break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh b/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh
index 9fdafeb1e9..f31c09c056 100755
--- a/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh
+++ b/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='test case exclude pathspec'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
diff --git a/t/t6135-pathspec-with-attrs.sh b/t/t6135-pathspec-with-attrs.sh
index 120dcd74a5..794bc7daf0 100755
--- a/t/t6135-pathspec-with-attrs.sh
+++ b/t/t6135-pathspec-with-attrs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 test_description='test labels in pathspecs'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup a tree' '