1 files changed, 27 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index 044872935c..a85c4971ac 100644
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ int run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 		diff_unmerged_stage = 2;
 	entries = active_nr;
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
-		struct stat st;
 		unsigned int oldmode, newmode;
 		struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
 		int changed;
 		unsigned dirty_submodule = 0;
+		const unsigned char *old_sha1, *new_sha1;
 
 		if (diff_can_quit_early(&revs->diffopt))
 			break;
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ int run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 			unsigned int wt_mode = 0;
 			int num_compare_stages = 0;
 			size_t path_len;
+			struct stat st;
 
 			path_len = ce_namelen(ce);
 
@@ -195,29 +196,41 @@ int run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 			continue;
 
 		/* If CE_VALID is set, don't look at workdir for file removal */
-		changed = (ce->ce_flags & CE_VALID) ? 0 : check_removed(ce, &st);
-		if (changed) {
-			if (changed < 0) {
-				perror(ce->name);
+		if (ce->ce_flags & CE_VALID) {
+			changed = 0;
+			newmode = ce->ce_mode;
+		} else {
+			struct stat st;
+
+			changed = check_removed(ce, &st);
+			if (changed) {
+				if (changed < 0) {
+					perror(ce->name);
+					continue;
+				}
+				diff_addremove(&revs->diffopt, '-', ce->ce_mode,
+					       ce->sha1, !is_null_sha1(ce->sha1),
+					       ce->name, 0);
 				continue;
 			}
-			diff_addremove(&revs->diffopt, '-', ce->ce_mode,
-				       ce->sha1, !is_null_sha1(ce->sha1),
-				       ce->name, 0);
-			continue;
+
+			changed = match_stat_with_submodule(&revs->diffopt, ce, &st,
+							    ce_option, &dirty_submodule);
+			newmode = ce_mode_from_stat(ce, st.st_mode);
 		}
-		changed = match_stat_with_submodule(&revs->diffopt, ce, &st,
-						    ce_option, &dirty_submodule);
+
 		if (!changed && !dirty_submodule) {
 			ce_mark_uptodate(ce);
 			if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&revs->diffopt, FIND_COPIES_HARDER))
 				continue;
 		}
 		oldmode = ce->ce_mode;
-		newmode = ce_mode_from_stat(ce, st.st_mode);
+		old_sha1 = ce->sha1;
+		new_sha1 = changed ? null_sha1 : ce->sha1;
 		diff_change(&revs->diffopt, oldmode, newmode,
-			    ce->sha1, (changed ? null_sha1 : ce->sha1),
-			    !is_null_sha1(ce->sha1), (changed ? 0 : !is_null_sha1(ce->sha1)),
+			    old_sha1, new_sha1,
+			    !is_null_sha1(old_sha1),
+			    !is_null_sha1(new_sha1),
 			    ce->name, 0, dirty_submodule);
 
 	}