diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@
     def _addpath(
         self,
         f,
-        state=None,
         mode=0,
         size=None,
         mtime=None,
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@
         self._updatedfiles.add(f)
         self._map.addfile(
             f,
-            state=state,
             mode=mode,
             size=size,
             mtime=mtime,
@@ -499,7 +497,7 @@
             mode = s.st_mode
             size = s.st_size
             mtime = s[stat.ST_MTIME]
-        self._addpath(f, b'n', mode, size, mtime)
+        self._addpath(f, mode=mode, size=size, mtime=mtime)
         self._map.copymap.pop(f, None)
         if f in self._map.nonnormalset:
             self._map.nonnormalset.remove(f)
diff --git a/mercurial/dirstatemap.py b/mercurial/dirstatemap.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstatemap.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstatemap.py
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
     def addfile(
         self,
         f,
-        state=None,
         mode=0,
         size=None,
         mtime=None,
@@ -180,9 +179,9 @@
             size = NONNORMAL
             mtime = AMBIGUOUS_TIME
         else:
-            assert state != b'a'
             assert size != FROM_P2
             assert size != NONNORMAL
+            state = b'n'
             size = size & rangemask
             mtime = mtime & rangemask
         assert state is not None
@@ -475,7 +474,6 @@
         def addfile(
             self,
             f,
-            state=None,
             mode=0,
             size=None,
             mtime=None,
@@ -486,7 +484,6 @@
         ):
             return self._rustmap.addfile(
                 f,
-                state,
                 mode,
                 size,
                 mtime,
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
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
             entry.size = SIZE_NON_NORMAL;
             entry.mtime = MTIME_UNSET;
         } else {
+            entry.state = EntryState::Normal;
             entry.size = entry.size & V1_RANGEMASK;
             entry.mtime = entry.mtime & V1_RANGEMASK;
         }
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
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@
             entry.size = SIZE_NON_NORMAL;
             entry.mtime = MTIME_UNSET;
         } else {
+            entry.state = EntryState::Normal;
             entry.size = entry.size & V1_RANGEMASK;
             entry.mtime = entry.mtime & V1_RANGEMASK;
         }
diff --git a/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs b/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
--- a/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
     def addfile(
         &self,
         f: PyObject,
-        state: PyObject,
         mode: PyObject,
         size: PyObject,
         mtime: PyObject,
@@ -119,16 +118,6 @@
     ) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         let f = f.extract::<PyBytes>(py)?;
         let filename = HgPath::new(f.data(py));
-        let state = if state.is_none(py) {
-            // Arbitrary default value
-            EntryState::Normal
-        } else {
-            state.extract::<PyBytes>(py)?.data(py)[0]
-            .try_into()
-            .map_err(|e: HgError| {
-                PyErr::new::<exc::ValueError, _>(py, e.to_string())
-            })?
-        };
         let mode = if mode.is_none(py) {
             // fallback default value
             0
@@ -148,7 +137,8 @@
             mtime.extract(py)?
         };
         let entry = DirstateEntry {
-            state: state,
+            // XXX Arbitrary default value since the value is determined later
+            state: EntryState::Normal,
             mode: mode,
             size: size,
             mtime: mtime,