diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowrepo.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowrepo.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowrepo.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowrepo.py
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
 
     class narrowrepository(repo.__class__):
 
-        def _constructmanifest(self):
-            manifest = super(narrowrepository, self)._constructmanifest()
-            narrowrevlog.makenarrowmanifestrevlog(manifest, repo)
-            return manifest
-
         @cacheprop('00manifest.i')
         def manifestlog(self):
             mfl = super(narrowrepository, self).manifestlog
diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowrevlog.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowrevlog.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowrevlog.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowrevlog.py
@@ -30,24 +30,6 @@
     # load time.
     pass
 
-def makenarrowmanifestrevlog(mfrevlog, repo):
-    if util.safehasattr(mfrevlog, '_narrowed'):
-        return
-
-    class narrowmanifestrevlog(mfrevlog.__class__):
-        # This function is called via debug{revlog,index,data}, but also during
-        # at least some push operations. This will be used to wrap/exclude the
-        # child directories when using treemanifests.
-        def dirlog(self, d):
-            if not repo.narrowmatch().visitdir(d[:-1] or '.'):
-                return manifest.excludedmanifestrevlog(d)
-            result = super(narrowmanifestrevlog, self).dirlog(d)
-            makenarrowmanifestrevlog(result, repo)
-            return result
-
-    mfrevlog.__class__ = narrowmanifestrevlog
-    mfrevlog._narrowed = True
-
 def makenarrowmanifestlog(mfl, repo):
     class narrowmanifestlog(mfl.__class__):
         def get(self, dir, node, verify=True):
diff --git a/mercurial/manifest.py b/mercurial/manifest.py
--- a/mercurial/manifest.py
+++ b/mercurial/manifest.py
@@ -1279,6 +1279,7 @@
         self._treeinmem = usetreemanifest
 
         self._revlog = repo._constructmanifest()
+        self._narrowmatch = repo.narrowmatch()
 
         # A cache of the manifestctx or treemanifestctx for each directory
         self._dirmancache = {}
@@ -1477,6 +1478,10 @@
         #self.linkrev = revlog.linkrev(rev)
 
     def _revlog(self):
+        narrowmatch = self._manifestlog._narrowmatch
+        if not narrowmatch.always():
+            if not narrowmatch.visitdir(self._dir[:-1] or '.'):
+                return excludedmanifestrevlog(self._dir)
         return self._manifestlog._revlog.dirlog(self._dir)
 
     def read(self):