diff --git a/lib/compat/win32/fscache.c b/lib/compat/win32/fscache.c
index ad9af19442..bb89cc0fe8 100644
--- a/lib/compat/win32/fscache.c
+++ b/lib/compat/win32/fscache.c
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ static struct hashmap map;
 static CRITICAL_SECTION mutex;
 static struct trace_key trace_fscache = TRACE_KEY_INIT(FSCACHE);
 
-int fscache_is_enabled(void)
-{
-	return enabled;
-}
-
 /*
  * An entry in the file system cache. Used for both entire directory listings
  * and file entries.
@@ -280,7 +275,7 @@ static void fscache_clear(void)
 /*
  * Checks if the cache is enabled for the given path.
  */
-static inline int fscache_enabled(const char *path)
+int fscache_enabled(const char *path)
 {
 	return enabled > 0 && !is_absolute_path(path);
 }
diff --git a/lib/compat/win32/fscache.h b/lib/compat/win32/fscache.h
index fc31c17863..1dd7aec1d0 100644
--- a/lib/compat/win32/fscache.h
+++ b/lib/compat/win32/fscache.h
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ int fscache_enable(int enable);
 void fscache_flush(void);
 #define flush_fscache() fscache_flush()
 
-int fscache_is_enabled(void);
-#define is_fscache_enabled() (fscache_is_enabled())
+int fscache_enabled(const char *path);
+#define is_fscache_enabled(path) fscache_enabled(path)
 
 DIR *fscache_opendir(const char *dir);
 int fscache_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf);
diff --git a/lib/dir.c b/lib/dir.c
index 285e091317..1da196882e 100644
--- a/lib/dir.c
+++ b/lib/dir.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static int add_patterns(const char *fname, const char *base, int baselen,
 	 * We do want to keep the conditional block for the sake of Windows,
 	 * though, so let's use the `NOT_CONSTANT()` trick to suppress that error.
 	 */
-	if (NOT_CONSTANT(is_fscache_enabled())) {
+	if (NOT_CONSTANT(is_fscache_enabled(fname))) {
 		if (lstat(fname, &st) < 0) {
 			fd = -1;
 		} else {
diff --git a/lib/git-compat-util.h b/lib/git-compat-util.h
index 1c09ea0c3b..64199c0105 100644
--- a/lib/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/lib/git-compat-util.h
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static inline int is_missing_file_error(int errno_)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef is_fscache_enabled
-#define is_fscache_enabled() (0)
+#define is_fscache_enabled(path) (0)
 #endif
 
 int cmd_main(int, const char **);