diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
                     return
                 elif entry.merged or entry.from_p2:
                     return
-        self._addpath(f, b'n', 0, possibly_dirty=True)
+        self._addpath(f, possibly_dirty=True)
         self._map.copymap.pop(f, None)
 
     def otherparent(self, f):
diff --git a/mercurial/dirstatemap.py b/mercurial/dirstatemap.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstatemap.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstatemap.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
             size = FROM_P2
             mtime = AMBIGUOUS_TIME
         elif possibly_dirty:
+            state = b'n'
             size = NONNORMAL
             mtime = AMBIGUOUS_TIME
         else:
diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
             entry.size = SIZE_FROM_OTHER_PARENT;
             entry.mtime = MTIME_UNSET;
         } else if possibly_dirty {
+            entry.state = EntryState::Normal;
             entry.size = SIZE_NON_NORMAL;
             entry.mtime = MTIME_UNSET;
         } else {
diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@
             entry.size = SIZE_FROM_OTHER_PARENT;
             entry.mtime = MTIME_UNSET;
         } else if possibly_dirty {
+            entry.state = EntryState::Normal;
             entry.size = SIZE_NON_NORMAL;
             entry.mtime = MTIME_UNSET;
         } else {