diff --git a/hgext/narrow/narrowbundle2.py b/hgext/narrow/narrowbundle2.py
--- a/hgext/narrow/narrowbundle2.py
+++ b/hgext/narrow/narrowbundle2.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     error,
     exchange,
     extensions,
+    match as matchmod,
     narrowspec,
     repair,
     repository,
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@
     newmatch = narrowspec.match(repo.root, include=include, exclude=exclude)
     oldinclude = sorted(filter(bool, kwargs.get(r'oldincludepats', [])))
     oldexclude = sorted(filter(bool, kwargs.get(r'oldexcludepats', [])))
+    oldmatch = narrowspec.match(repo.root, include=oldinclude,
+                                exclude=oldexclude)
+    diffmatch = matchmod.differencematcher(newmatch, oldmatch)
     common = set(common or [nullid])
 
     if (oldinclude != include or oldexclude != exclude):
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@
             # XXX: we should only send the filelogs (and treemanifest). user
             # already has the changelog and manifest
             packer = changegroup.getbundler(version, repo,
-                                            filematcher=newmatch,
+                                            filematcher=diffmatch,
                                             fullnodes=commonnodes)
             cgdata = packer.generate(set([nullid]), list(commonnodes), False,
                     source)
diff --git a/tests/test-narrow-widen-no-ellipsis.t b/tests/test-narrow-widen-no-ellipsis.t
--- a/tests/test-narrow-widen-no-ellipsis.t
+++ b/tests/test-narrow-widen-no-ellipsis.t
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   adding changesets
   adding manifests
   adding file changes
-  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 2 files
+  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
   3 local changesets published
   $ hg tracked
   I path:inside
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
   adding changesets
   adding manifests
   adding file changes
-  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 3 files
+  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
   5 local changesets published
   $ hg tracked
   I path:inside
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   adding changesets
   adding manifests
   adding file changes
-  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 5 files
+  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
   11 local changesets published
   $ hg tracked
   I path:d0
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
   adding changesets
   adding manifests
   adding file changes
-  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 2 files
+  added 0 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
   11 local changesets published
   $ hg log -T "{if(ellipsis, '...')}{rev}: {desc}\n"
   11: local