diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 2c36a9c179..9a203ed7fd 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -212,6 +212,21 @@ static void add_children_by_path(struct repository *r,
 	free_tree_buffer(tree);
 }
 
+void mark_trees_uninteresting_dense(struct repository *r,
+				    struct oidset *trees)
+{
+	struct object_id *oid;
+	struct oidset_iter iter;
+
+	oidset_iter_init(trees, &iter);
+	while ((oid = oidset_iter_next(&iter))) {
+		struct tree *tree = lookup_tree(r, oid);
+
+		if (tree->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+			mark_tree_contents_uninteresting(r, tree);
+	}
+}
+
 void mark_trees_uninteresting_sparse(struct repository *r,
 				     struct oidset *trees)
 {
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 6d369cdad6..4fb276cbd7 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ void put_revision_mark(const struct rev_info *revs,
 
 void mark_parents_uninteresting(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit);
 void mark_tree_uninteresting(struct repository *r, struct tree *tree);
+void mark_trees_uninteresting_dense(struct repository *r, struct oidset *trees);
 void mark_trees_uninteresting_sparse(struct repository *r, struct oidset *trees);
 
 /**