diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index fd1cc42..6c79923 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static const char *prepare_index(const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		old_index_env = xstrdup_or_null(getenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT));
 		setenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT, the_repository->index_file, 1);
 
-		if (interactive_add(argv, prefix, patch_interactive) != 0)
+		if (interactive_add(the_repository, argv, prefix, patch_interactive) != 0)
 			die(_("interactive add failed"));
 
 		the_repository->index_file = old_repo_index_file;