1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d1e5e5e5bf..b2dfb69eb5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
 
 			if (x->flags & EXC_FLAG_MUSTBEDIR) {
 				if (!dtype) {
-					if (!prefixcmp(pathname, exclude))
+					if (!prefixcmp(pathname, exclude) &&
+					    pathname[x->patternlen] == '/')
 						return to_exclude;
 					else
 						continue;