diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 34411a04b..b88cd2566 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func connect(myID string, addr string, nodeAddrs map[string][]string, m *model.M
 }
 
 func updateLocalModel(m *model.Model) {
-	files := m.FilteredWalk(!opts.NoSymlinks)
+	files, _ := m.Walk(!opts.NoSymlinks)
 	m.ReplaceLocal(files)
 	saveIndex(m)
 }
diff --git a/model/model_test.go b/model/model_test.go
index 472b92317..3323baf19 100644
--- a/model/model_test.go
+++ b/model/model_test.go
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ var testDataExpected = map[string]File{
 		Modified: 0,
 		Blocks:   []Block{{Offset: 0x0, Length: 0xa, Hash: []uint8{0x2f, 0x72, 0xcc, 0x11, 0xa6, 0xfc, 0xd0, 0x27, 0x1e, 0xce, 0xf8, 0xc6, 0x10, 0x56, 0xee, 0x1e, 0xb1, 0x24, 0x3b, 0xe3, 0x80, 0x5b, 0xf9, 0xa9, 0xdf, 0x98, 0xf9, 0x2f, 0x76, 0x36, 0xb0, 0x5c}}},
 	},
-	"baz/quux": File{
-		Name:     "baz/quux",
-		Flags:    0,
-		Modified: 0,
-		Blocks:   []Block{{Offset: 0x0, Length: 0x9, Hash: []uint8{0xc1, 0x54, 0xd9, 0x4e, 0x94, 0xba, 0x72, 0x98, 0xa6, 0xad, 0xb0, 0x52, 0x3a, 0xfe, 0x34, 0xd1, 0xb6, 0xa5, 0x81, 0xd6, 0xb8, 0x93, 0xa7, 0x63, 0xd4, 0x5d, 0xdc, 0x5e, 0x20, 0x9d, 0xcb, 0x83}}},
-	},
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/model/walk.go b/model/walk.go
index 52b7d10b9..7e60675ca 100644
--- a/model/walk.go
+++ b/model/walk.go
@@ -49,16 +49,12 @@ func tempName(name string, modified int64) string {
 	return path.Join(tdir, tname)
 }
 
-func (m *Model) genWalker(res *[]File, ign map[string][]string) filepath.WalkFunc {
+func (m *Model) loadIgnoreFiles(ign map[string][]string) filepath.WalkFunc {
 	return func(p string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		if isTempName(p) {
-			return nil
-		}
-
 		rn, err := filepath.Rel(m.dir, p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil
@@ -75,6 +71,31 @@ func (m *Model) genWalker(res *[]File, ign map[string][]string) filepath.WalkFun
 				}
 			}
 			ign[pn] = patterns
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Model) walkAndHashFiles(res *[]File, ign map[string][]string) filepath.WalkFunc {
+	return func(p string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if isTempName(p) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		rn, err := filepath.Rel(m.dir, p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if ignoreFile(ign, rn) {
+			if m.trace["file"] {
+				log.Println("FILE: IGNORE:", rn)
+			}
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -149,8 +170,11 @@ func (m *Model) genWalker(res *[]File, ign map[string][]string) filepath.WalkFun
 // file system. Files are blockwise hashed.
 func (m *Model) Walk(followSymlinks bool) (files []File, ignore map[string][]string) {
 	ignore = make(map[string][]string)
-	fn := m.genWalker(&files, ignore)
-	filepath.Walk(m.dir, fn)
+
+	hashFiles := m.walkAndHashFiles(&files, ignore)
+
+	filepath.Walk(m.dir, m.loadIgnoreFiles(ignore))
+	filepath.Walk(m.dir, hashFiles)
 
 	if followSymlinks {
 		d, err := os.Open(m.dir)
@@ -166,7 +190,9 @@ func (m *Model) Walk(followSymlinks bool) (files []File, ignore map[string][]str
 
 		for _, fi := range fis {
 			if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
-				filepath.Walk(path.Join(m.dir, fi.Name())+"/", fn)
+				dir := path.Join(m.dir, fi.Name()) + "/"
+				filepath.Walk(dir, m.loadIgnoreFiles(ignore))
+				filepath.Walk(dir, hashFiles)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -174,14 +200,6 @@ func (m *Model) Walk(followSymlinks bool) (files []File, ignore map[string][]str
 	return
 }
 
-// Walk returns the list of files found in the local repository by scanning the
-// file system. Files are blockwise hashed. Patterns marked in .stignore files
-// are removed from the results.
-func (m *Model) FilteredWalk(followSymlinks bool) []File {
-	var files, ignored = m.Walk(followSymlinks)
-	return ignoreFilter(ignored, files)
-}
-
 func (m *Model) cleanTempFile(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -200,19 +218,24 @@ func (m *Model) cleanTempFiles() {
 }
 
 func ignoreFilter(patterns map[string][]string, files []File) (filtered []File) {
-nextFile:
 	for _, f := range files {
-		first, last := path.Split(f.Name)
-		for prefix, pats := range patterns {
-			if len(prefix) == 0 || prefix == first || strings.HasPrefix(first, prefix+"/") {
-				for _, pattern := range pats {
-					if match, _ := path.Match(pattern, last); match {
-						continue nextFile
-					}
-				}
-			}
+		if !ignoreFile(patterns, f.Name) {
+			filtered = append(filtered, f)
 		}
-		filtered = append(filtered, f)
 	}
 	return filtered
 }
+
+func ignoreFile(patterns map[string][]string, file string) bool {
+	first, last := path.Split(file)
+	for prefix, pats := range patterns {
+		if len(prefix) == 0 || prefix == first || strings.HasPrefix(first, prefix+"/") {
+			for _, pattern := range pats {
+				if match, _ := path.Match(pattern, last); match {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/model/walk_test.go b/model/walk_test.go
index 36929be43..3e706eda8 100644
--- a/model/walk_test.go
+++ b/model/walk_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var testdata = []struct {
 	hash string
 }{
 	{"bar", 10, "2f72cc11a6fcd0271ecef8c61056ee1eb1243be3805bf9a9df98f92f7636b05c"},
-	{"baz/quux", 9, "c154d94e94ba7298a6adb0523afe34d1b6a581d6b893a763d45ddc5e209dcb83"},
 	{"foo", 7, "aec070645fe53ee3b3763059376134f058cc337247c978add178b6ccdfb0019f"},
 }
 
@@ -50,21 +49,6 @@ func TestWalk(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestFilteredWalk(t *testing.T) {
-	m := NewModel("testdata")
-	files := m.FilteredWalk(false)
-
-	if len(files) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("Incorrect number of walked filtered files %d != 2", len(files))
-	}
-	if files[0].Name != "bar" {
-		t.Error("Incorrect first file", files[0])
-	}
-	if files[1].Name != "foo" {
-		t.Error("Incorrect second file", files[1])
-	}
-}
-
 func TestIgnore(t *testing.T) {
 	var patterns = map[string][]string{
 		"":        {"t2"},