diff --git a/internal/git/localrepo/paths.go b/internal/git/localrepo/paths.go
index 0c6e32adade57524a2ee11a1f138349798933727..553f150f24637a615f64e405f3846dc5bc11dfdc 100644
--- a/internal/git/localrepo/paths.go
+++ b/internal/git/localrepo/paths.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) ObjectDirectoryPath() (string, error) {
 
 	objectDirectoryPath := repo.GetGitObjectDirectory()
 	if objectDirectoryPath == "" {
-		return "", helper.ErrInvalidArgumentf("object directory path is not set")
+		objectDirectoryPath = "objects"
 	}
 
 	// We need to check whether the relative object directory as given by the repository is
diff --git a/internal/git/localrepo/paths_test.go b/internal/git/localrepo/paths_test.go
index 290690a0896fa187de86b07762afd6864b204156..3f6a033ea56fe5eb053e21a1347ec84fae9ed523 100644
--- a/internal/git/localrepo/paths_test.go
+++ b/internal/git/localrepo/paths_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestRepo_ObjectDirectoryPath(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			desc: "no GitObjectDirectoryPath",
 			repo: repoProto,
-			err:  codes.InvalidArgument,
+			path: filepath.Join(repoPath, "objects/"),
 		},
 		{
 			desc: "with directory traversal",