1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index ea355f28ec..8fc7ecf921 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1460,10 +1460,10 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 		if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto"))
 			default_abbrev = -1;
 		else if (!git_parse_maybe_bool_text(value))
-			default_abbrev = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
+			default_abbrev = GIT_MAX_HEXSZ;
 		else {
 			int abbrev = git_config_int(var, value, ctx->kvi);
-			if (abbrev < minimum_abbrev || abbrev > the_hash_algo->hexsz)
+			if (abbrev < minimum_abbrev)
 				return error(_("abbrev length out of range: %d"), abbrev);
 			default_abbrev = abbrev;
 		}