diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 202ab59fb..660378744 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ extern struct packed_git {
 		 pack_keep:1,
 		 do_not_close:1;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
-	struct pack_revindex reverse_index;
+	struct revindex_entry *revindex;
 	/* something like ".git/objects/pack/xxxxx.pack" */
 	char pack_name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
 } *packed_git;
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index 91e410153..ead6de07c 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ static struct bitmap_index {
 	/* Packfile to which this bitmap index belongs to */
 	struct packed_git *pack;
 
-	/* reverse index for the packfile */
-	struct pack_revindex *reverse_index;
-
 	/*
 	 * Mark the first `reuse_objects` in the packfile as reused:
 	 * they will be sent as-is without using them for repacking
@@ -293,7 +290,7 @@ static int load_pack_bitmap(void)
 
 	bitmap_git.bitmaps = kh_init_sha1();
 	bitmap_git.ext_index.positions = kh_init_sha1_pos();
-	bitmap_git.reverse_index = revindex_for_pack(bitmap_git.pack);
+	load_pack_revindex(bitmap_git.pack);
 
 	if (!(bitmap_git.commits = read_bitmap_1(&bitmap_git)) ||
 		!(bitmap_git.trees = read_bitmap_1(&bitmap_git)) ||
@@ -379,7 +376,7 @@ static inline int bitmap_position_packfile(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	if (!offset)
 		return -1;
 
-	return find_revindex_position(bitmap_git.reverse_index, offset);
+	return find_revindex_position(bitmap_git.pack, offset);
 }
 
 static int bitmap_position(const unsigned char *sha1)
@@ -631,7 +628,7 @@ static void show_objects_for_type(
 			if (pos + offset < bitmap_git.reuse_objects)
 				continue;
 
-			entry = &bitmap_git.reverse_index->revindex[pos + offset];
+			entry = &bitmap_git.pack->revindex[pos + offset];
 			sha1 = nth_packed_object_sha1(bitmap_git.pack, entry->nr);
 
 			if (bitmap_git.hashes)
@@ -805,7 +802,7 @@ int reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap(struct packed_git **packfile,
 		return -1;
 
 	bitmap_git.reuse_objects = *entries = reuse_objects;
-	*up_to = bitmap_git.reverse_index->revindex[reuse_objects].offset;
+	*up_to = bitmap_git.pack->revindex[reuse_objects].offset;
 	*packfile = bitmap_git.pack;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1037,7 +1034,7 @@ int rebuild_existing_bitmaps(struct packing_data *mapping,
 		struct revindex_entry *entry;
 		struct object_entry *oe;
 
-		entry = &bitmap_git.reverse_index->revindex[i];
+		entry = &bitmap_git.pack->revindex[i];
 		sha1 = nth_packed_object_sha1(bitmap_git.pack, entry->nr);
 		oe = packlist_find(mapping, sha1, NULL);
 
diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index 8e63dbcf4..155a8a3d6 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -115,14 +115,13 @@ static void sort_revindex(struct revindex_entry *entries, unsigned n, off_t max)
 /*
  * Ordered list of offsets of objects in the pack.
  */
-static void create_pack_revindex(struct pack_revindex *rix)
+static void create_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
 {
-	struct packed_git *p = rix->p;
 	unsigned num_ent = p->num_objects;
 	unsigned i;
 	const char *index = p->index_data;
 
-	rix->revindex = xmalloc(sizeof(*rix->revindex) * (num_ent + 1));
+	p->revindex = xmalloc(sizeof(*p->revindex) * (num_ent + 1));
 	index += 4 * 256;
 
 	if (p->index_version > 1) {
@@ -132,46 +131,42 @@ static void create_pack_revindex(struct pack_revindex *rix)
 		for (i = 0; i < num_ent; i++) {
 			uint32_t off = ntohl(*off_32++);
 			if (!(off & 0x80000000)) {
-				rix->revindex[i].offset = off;
+				p->revindex[i].offset = off;
 			} else {
-				rix->revindex[i].offset =
+				p->revindex[i].offset =
 					((uint64_t)ntohl(*off_64++)) << 32;
-				rix->revindex[i].offset |=
+				p->revindex[i].offset |=
 					ntohl(*off_64++);
 			}
-			rix->revindex[i].nr = i;
+			p->revindex[i].nr = i;
 		}
 	} else {
 		for (i = 0; i < num_ent; i++) {
 			uint32_t hl = *((uint32_t *)(index + 24 * i));
-			rix->revindex[i].offset = ntohl(hl);
-			rix->revindex[i].nr = i;
+			p->revindex[i].offset = ntohl(hl);
+			p->revindex[i].nr = i;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* This knows the pack format -- the 20-byte trailer
 	 * follows immediately after the last object data.
 	 */
-	rix->revindex[num_ent].offset = p->pack_size - 20;
-	rix->revindex[num_ent].nr = -1;
-	sort_revindex(rix->revindex, num_ent, p->pack_size);
+	p->revindex[num_ent].offset = p->pack_size - 20;
+	p->revindex[num_ent].nr = -1;
+	sort_revindex(p->revindex, num_ent, p->pack_size);
 }
 
-struct pack_revindex *revindex_for_pack(struct packed_git *p)
+void load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p)
 {
-	struct pack_revindex *rix = &p->reverse_index;
-	if (!rix->revindex) {
-		rix->p = p;
-		create_pack_revindex(rix);
-	}
-	return rix;
+	if (!p->revindex)
+		create_pack_revindex(p);
 }
 
-int find_revindex_position(struct pack_revindex *pridx, off_t ofs)
+int find_revindex_position(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs)
 {
 	int lo = 0;
-	int hi = pridx->p->num_objects + 1;
-	struct revindex_entry *revindex = pridx->revindex;
+	int hi = p->num_objects + 1;
+	struct revindex_entry *revindex = p->revindex;
 
 	do {
 		unsigned mi = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
@@ -189,11 +184,13 @@ int find_revindex_position(struct pack_revindex *pridx, off_t ofs)
 
 struct revindex_entry *find_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs)
 {
-	struct pack_revindex *pridx = revindex_for_pack(p);
-	int pos = find_revindex_position(pridx, ofs);
+	int pos;
+
+	load_pack_revindex(p);
+	pos = find_revindex_position(p, ofs);
 
 	if (pos < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return pridx->revindex + pos;
+	return p->revindex + pos;
 }
diff --git a/pack-revindex.h b/pack-revindex.h
index d737f9896..e262f3efe 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.h
+++ b/pack-revindex.h
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef PACK_REVINDEX_H
 #define PACK_REVINDEX_H
 
+struct packed_git;
+
 struct revindex_entry {
 	off_t offset;
 	unsigned int nr;
 };
 
-struct pack_revindex {
-	struct packed_git *p;
-	struct revindex_entry *revindex;
-};
-
-struct pack_revindex *revindex_for_pack(struct packed_git *p);
-int find_revindex_position(struct pack_revindex *pridx, off_t ofs);
+void load_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p);
+int find_revindex_position(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs);
 
 struct revindex_entry *find_pack_revindex(struct packed_git *p, off_t ofs);