diff --git a/diffcore-rename.c b/diffcore-rename.c
index 99e63e9..d367a6d 100644
--- a/diffcore-rename.c
+++ b/diffcore-rename.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int find_exact_renames(struct diff_options *options)
 		renames += find_identical_files(&file_table, i, options);
 
 	/* Free the hash data structure and entries */
-	hashmap_free_entries(&file_table, struct file_similarity, entry);
+	hashmap_clear_and_free(&file_table, struct file_similarity, entry);
 
 	return renames;
 }