diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 54b6b03b9c..fc2438f60b 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -390,11 +390,9 @@ static void wt_status_collect_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 	fill_directory(&dir, s->pathspec);
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) {
 		struct dir_entry *ent = dir.entries[i];
-		if (!cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len))
-			continue;
-		if (!match_pathspec(s->pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, 0, NULL))
-			continue;
-		string_list_insert(&s->untracked, ent->name);
+		if (cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len) &&
+		    match_pathspec(s->pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, 0, NULL))
+			string_list_insert(&s->untracked, ent->name);
 		free(ent);
 	}
 
@@ -404,11 +402,9 @@ static void wt_status_collect_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 		fill_directory(&dir, s->pathspec);
 		for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) {
 			struct dir_entry *ent = dir.entries[i];
-			if (!cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len))
-				continue;
-			if (!match_pathspec(s->pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, 0, NULL))
-				continue;
-			string_list_insert(&s->ignored, ent->name);
+			if (cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len) &&
+			    match_pathspec(s->pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, 0, NULL))
+				string_list_insert(&s->ignored, ent->name);
 			free(ent);
 		}
 	}