diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 2a2722fa10..672adc01ff 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@ static char *prune_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, struct pathspec *pathspec,
 	i = dir->nr;
 	while (--i >= 0) {
 		struct dir_entry *entry = *src++;
-		if (match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, entry->name, entry->len,
-					 prefix, seen))
+		if (dir_path_match(entry, pathspec, prefix, seen))
 			*dst++ = entry;
 		else if (flag & WARN_IMPLICIT_DOT)
 			/*
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 3d924c25a5..69ac2d8797 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -524,9 +524,7 @@ static int grep_directory(struct grep_opt *opt, const struct pathspec *pathspec,
 
 	fill_directory(&dir, pathspec);
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) {
-		const char *name = dir.entries[i]->name;
-		int namelen = strlen(name);
-		if (!match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, name, namelen, 0, NULL))
+		if (!dir_path_match(dir.entries[i], pathspec, 0, NULL))
 			continue;
 		hit |= grep_file(opt, dir.entries[i]->name);
 		if (hit && opt->status_only)
diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index e1cf6d8547..e238608bda 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void show_dir_entry(const char *tag, struct dir_entry *ent)
 	if (len >= ent->len)
 		die("git ls-files: internal error - directory entry not superset of prefix");
 
-	if (!match_pathspec_depth(&pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, len, ps_matched))
+	if (!dir_path_match(ent, &pathspec, len, ps_matched))
 		return;
 
 	fputs(tag, stdout);
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 42793e582f..65f54b606f 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -212,4 +212,11 @@ static inline int ce_path_match(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 	return match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), 0, seen);
 }
 
+static inline int dir_path_match(const struct dir_entry *ent,
+				 const struct pathspec *pathspec,
+				 int prefix, char *seen)
+{
+	return match_pathspec_depth(pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, prefix, seen);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 295c09e3fc..a452407dad 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static void wt_status_collect_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.nr; i++) {
 		struct dir_entry *ent = dir.entries[i];
 		if (cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len) &&
-		    match_pathspec_depth(&s->pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, 0, NULL))
+		    dir_path_match(ent, &s->pathspec, 0, NULL))
 			string_list_insert(&s->untracked, ent->name);
 		free(ent);
 	}
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static void wt_status_collect_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 	for (i = 0; i < dir.ignored_nr; i++) {
 		struct dir_entry *ent = dir.ignored[i];
 		if (cache_name_is_other(ent->name, ent->len) &&
-		    match_pathspec_depth(&s->pathspec, ent->name, ent->len, 0, NULL))
+		    dir_path_match(ent, &s->pathspec, 0, NULL))
 			string_list_insert(&s->ignored, ent->name);
 		free(ent);
 	}