diff --git a/internal/walker/rewriter.go b/internal/walker/rewriter.go
index 96afbb07e..bef3bd688 100644
--- a/internal/walker/rewriter.go
+++ b/internal/walker/rewriter.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func FilterTree(ctx context.Context, repo BlobLoadSaver, nodepath string, nodeID
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if node.Subtree == nil {
+		if node.Type != "dir" {
 			err = tb.AddNode(node)
 			if err != nil {
 				return restic.ID{}, err