diff --git a/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c b/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
index 0ead529167..a1af9710c3 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-partial-clone.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static void object_info(const char *gitdir, const char *oid_hex)
 	if (oid_object_info_extended(&r, &oid, &oi, 0))
 		die("could not obtain object info");
 	printf("%d\n", (int) size);
+
+	repo_clear(&r);
 }
 
 int cmd__partial_clone(int argc, const char **argv)
diff --git a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
index 34bdb3ab1f..818700fbec 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='partial clone'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-terminal.sh