diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java
index b3b1f97467..58b7ea0d75 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ public class GitHookChangesetCollector
     finally
     {
       IOUtil.close(converter);
+      GitUtil.release(walk);
     }
 
     return changesets;
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java
index d107d00ec3..d47dea9440 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
     Changeset changeset = null;
     Repository gr = null;
     GitChangesetConverter converter = null;
+    RevWalk revWalk = null;
 
     try
     {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
 
       if (!gr.getAllRefs().isEmpty())
       {
-        RevWalk revWalk = new RevWalk(gr);
+        revWalk = new RevWalk(gr);
         ObjectId id = GitUtil.getRevisionId(gr, revision);
         RevCommit commit = revWalk.parseCommit(id);
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
     finally
     {
       IOUtil.close(converter);
+      GitUtil.release(revWalk);
       GitUtil.close(gr);
     }
 
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
 
     ChangesetPagingResult changesets = null;
     GitChangesetConverter converter = null;
+    RevWalk revWalk = null;
 
     try
     {
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
           endId = gr.resolve(request.getEndChangeset());
         }
 
-        RevWalk revWalk = new RevWalk(gr);
+        revWalk = new RevWalk(gr);
 
         converter = new GitChangesetConverter(gr, revWalk);
 
@@ -278,6 +281,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
     finally
     {
       IOUtil.close(converter);
+      GitUtil.release(revWalk);
     }
 
     return changesets;