diff --git a/hgext/lfs/__init__.py b/hgext/lfs/__init__.py
--- a/hgext/lfs/__init__.py
+++ b/hgext/lfs/__init__.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
                 s = repo.set('%n:%n', _bin(kwargs[r'node']), _bin(last))
             else:
                 s = repo.set('%n', _bin(kwargs[r'node']))
-            match = repo.narrowmatch()
+            match = repo._storenarrowmatch
             for ctx in s:
                 # TODO: is there a way to just walk the files in the commit?
                 if any(ctx[f].islfs() for f in ctx.files()
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@
         if path[0] == b'/':
             path = path[1:]
 
-        return filelog.narrowfilelog(self.svfs, path, self.narrowmatch())
+        return filelog.narrowfilelog(self.svfs, path, self._storenarrowmatch)
 
 def makefilestorage(requirements, features, **kwargs):
     """Produce a type conforming to ``ilocalrepositoryfilestorage``."""
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@
     def manifestlog(self):
         rootstore = manifest.manifestrevlog(self.svfs)
         return manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self, rootstore,
-                                    self.narrowmatch())
+                                    self._storenarrowmatch)
 
     @repofilecache('dirstate')
     def dirstate(self):
@@ -1224,6 +1224,13 @@
         return narrowspec.load(self)
 
     @storecache(narrowspec.FILENAME)
+    def _storenarrowmatch(self):
+        if repository.NARROW_REQUIREMENT not in self.requirements:
+            return matchmod.always(self.root, '')
+        include, exclude = self.narrowpats
+        return narrowspec.match(self.root, include=include, exclude=exclude)
+
+    @storecache(narrowspec.FILENAME)
     def _narrowmatch(self):
         if repository.NARROW_REQUIREMENT not in self.requirements:
             return matchmod.always(self.root, '')