1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index b64efe460..4ddb26b2d 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -667,10 +667,16 @@ int git_treebuilder_insert(
 			entry->removed = 0;
 			bld->entrycount++;
 		}
+
+		entry->attr = filemode;
+		git_oid_cpy(&entry->oid, id);
 	} else {
 		entry = alloc_entry(filename);
 		GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(entry);
 
+		entry->attr = filemode;
+		git_oid_cpy(&entry->oid, id);
+
 		if (git_vector_insert_sorted(&bld->entries, entry, NULL) < 0) {
 			git__free(entry);
 			return -1;
@@ -679,9 +685,6 @@ int git_treebuilder_insert(
 		bld->entrycount++;
 	}
 
-	git_oid_cpy(&entry->oid, id);
-	entry->attr = filemode;
-
 	if (entry_out)
 		*entry_out = entry;