diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c
index 8f9b008f87..384aee1ab3 100644
--- a/commit-reach.c
+++ b/commit-reach.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,10 @@ void ahead_behind(struct repository *r,
 
 	/* STALE is used here, PARENT2 is used by insert_no_dup(). */
 	repo_clear_commit_marks(r, PARENT2 | STALE);
+	while (prio_queue_peek(&queue)) {
+		struct commit *c = prio_queue_get(&queue);
+		free_bit_array(c);
+	}
 	clear_bit_arrays(&bit_arrays);
 	clear_prio_queue(&queue);
 }
diff --git a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
index 758963b189..e627f08a17 100755
--- a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
+++ b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 test_description='git branch display tests'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-terminal.sh