diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 99dea7adf6..4ba311cdad 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -168,18 +168,7 @@ static void mark_object_reachable(struct object *obj)
 
 static int traverse_one_object(struct object *obj)
 {
-	int result;
-	struct tree *tree = NULL;
-
-	if (obj->type == OBJ_TREE) {
-		tree = (struct tree *)obj;
-		if (parse_tree(tree) < 0)
-			return 1; /* error already displayed */
-	}
-	result = fsck_walk(obj, obj, &fsck_walk_options);
-	if (tree)
-		free_tree_buffer(tree);
-	return result;
+	return fsck_walk(obj, obj, &fsck_walk_options);
 }
 
 static int traverse_reachable(void)