diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 7d255227b1..5d4c92d3aa 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -2383,6 +2383,10 @@ static int treat_leading_path(struct dir_struct *dir,
 		    (dir->flags & DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO ||
 		     do_match_pathspec(istate, pathspec, sb.buf, sb.len,
 				       baselen, NULL, DO_MATCH_LEADING_PATHSPEC) == MATCHED_RECURSIVELY_LEADING_PATHSPEC)) {
+			if (!match_pathspec(istate, pathspec, sb.buf, sb.len,
+					    0 /* prefix */, NULL,
+					    0 /* do NOT special case dirs */))
+				state = path_none;
 			add_path_to_appropriate_result_list(dir, NULL, &cdir,
 							    istate,
 							    &sb, baselen,
diff --git a/t/t7300-clean.sh b/t/t7300-clean.sh
index 782e125c89..cb5e34d94c 100755
--- a/t/t7300-clean.sh
+++ b/t/t7300-clean.sh
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ test_expect_success MINGW 'handle clean & core.longpaths = false nicely' '
 	test_i18ngrep "too long" .git/err
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'clean untracked paths by pathspec' '
+test_expect_success 'clean untracked paths by pathspec' '
 	git init untracked &&
 	mkdir untracked/dir &&
 	echo >untracked/dir/file.txt &&