diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index 9d693eb57f..331778bd42 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
 TEST_CREATE_REPO_NO_TEMPLATE=1
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 D=$(pwd)
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index f03ba3e98b..c84c3c3b1f 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -709,10 +709,13 @@ static int get_reachable_list(struct upload_pack_data *data,
 	struct object *o;
 	char namebuf[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 2]; /* ^ + hash + LF */
 	const unsigned hexsz = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (do_reachable_revlist(&cmd, &data->shallows, reachable,
-				 data->allow_uor) < 0)
-		return -1;
+				 data->allow_uor) < 0) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	while ((i = read_in_full(cmd.out, namebuf, hexsz + 1)) == hexsz + 1) {
 		struct object_id oid;
@@ -736,10 +739,16 @@ static int get_reachable_list(struct upload_pack_data *data,
 	}
 	close(cmd.out);
 
-	if (finish_command(&cmd))
-		return -1;
+	if (finish_command(&cmd)) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	child_process_clear(&cmd);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int has_unreachable(struct object_array *src, enum allow_uor allow_uor)
@@ -749,7 +758,7 @@ static int has_unreachable(struct object_array *src, enum allow_uor allow_uor)
 	int i;
 
 	if (do_reachable_revlist(&cmd, src, NULL, allow_uor) < 0)
-		return 1;
+		goto error;
 
 	/*
 	 * The commits out of the rev-list are not ancestors of
@@ -775,6 +784,7 @@ static int has_unreachable(struct object_array *src, enum allow_uor allow_uor)
 error:
 	if (cmd.out >= 0)
 		close(cmd.out);
+	child_process_clear(&cmd);
 	return 1;
 }