1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d9b5561466..22d0b7b726 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
 			namelen -= prefix;
 		}
 
-		if (!namelen || !fnmatch_icase(exclude, name, FNM_PATHNAME))
+		if (!fnmatch_icase(exclude, name, FNM_PATHNAME))
 			return to_exclude;
 	}
 	return -1; /* undecided */