diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 60b728e495..36523da22a 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -102,21 +102,28 @@ void setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(struct unpack_trees_options *opts,
 		opts->unpack_rejects[i].strdup_strings = 1;
 }
 
+static void do_add_entry(struct unpack_trees_options *o, struct cache_entry *ce,
+			 unsigned int set, unsigned int clear)
+{
+	clear |= CE_HASHED | CE_UNHASHED;
+
+	if (set & CE_REMOVE)
+		set |= CE_WT_REMOVE;
+
+	ce->next = NULL;
+	ce->ce_flags = (ce->ce_flags & ~clear) | set;
+	add_index_entry(&o->result, ce,
+			ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD | ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
+}
+
 static void add_entry(struct unpack_trees_options *o, struct cache_entry *ce,
 	unsigned int set, unsigned int clear)
 {
 	unsigned int size = ce_size(ce);
 	struct cache_entry *new = xmalloc(size);
 
-	clear |= CE_HASHED | CE_UNHASHED;
-
-	if (set & CE_REMOVE)
-		set |= CE_WT_REMOVE;
-
 	memcpy(new, ce, size);
-	new->next = NULL;
-	new->ce_flags = (new->ce_flags & ~clear) | set;
-	add_index_entry(&o->result, new, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD|ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
+	do_add_entry(o, new, set, clear);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -587,7 +594,7 @@ static int unpack_nondirectories(int n, unsigned long mask,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		if (src[i] && src[i] != o->df_conflict_entry)
-			add_entry(o, src[i], 0, 0);
+			do_add_entry(o, src[i], 0, 0);
 	return 0;
 }