1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index 7452e71cc8..7bade6d8f6 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ void init_notes(struct notes_tree *t, const char *notes_ref,
 
 	if (!notes_ref)
 		notes_ref = default_notes_ref();
+	update_ref_namespace(NAMESPACE_NOTES, xstrdup(notes_ref));
 
 	if (!combine_notes)
 		combine_notes = combine_notes_concatenate;