diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -1940,6 +1940,7 @@
         """
         wvfs = self._repo.wvfs
         f = self._path
+        wvfs.audit(f)
         if wvfs.isdir(f) and not wvfs.islink(f):
             wvfs.rmtree(f, forcibly=True)
         for p in reversed(list(util.finddirs(f))):
diff --git a/tests/test-audit-path.t b/tests/test-audit-path.t
--- a/tests/test-audit-path.t
+++ b/tests/test-audit-path.t
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@
   abort: path contains illegal component: ../test (glob)
   [255]
   $ cat ../test/file
-  cat: ../test/file: No such file or directory
-  [1]
+  data
 
 attack /tmp/test