diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -2097,9 +2097,10 @@
 
     for subpath in sorted(wctx.substate):
         sub = wctx.sub(subpath)
+        submatch = matchmod.subdirmatcher(subpath, match)
+        subprefix = repo.wvfs.reljoin(prefix, subpath)
         try:
-            submatch = matchmod.subdirmatcher(subpath, match)
-            subbad, subforgot = sub.forget(submatch, prefix, dryrun=dryrun,
+            subbad, subforgot = sub.forget(submatch, subprefix, dryrun=dryrun,
                                            interactive=interactive)
             bad.extend([subpath + '/' + f for f in subbad])
             forgot.extend([subpath + '/' + f for f in subforgot])
diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -840,8 +840,7 @@
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror
     def forget(self, match, prefix, dryrun, interactive):
-        return cmdutil.forget(self.ui, self._repo, match,
-                              self.wvfs.reljoin(prefix, self._path),
+        return cmdutil.forget(self.ui, self._repo, match, prefix,
                               True, dryrun=dryrun, interactive=interactive)
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror