diff --git a/mercurial/logcmdutil.py b/mercurial/logcmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/logcmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/logcmdutil.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
                 ui.warn(_('warning: %s not inside relative root %s\n') % (
                     match.uipath(matchroot), uirelroot))
 
+        relrootmatch = scmutil.match(ctx2, pats=[relroot], default='path')
+        match = matchmod.intersectmatchers(match, relrootmatch)
+
     if stat:
         diffopts = diffopts.copy(context=0, noprefix=False)
         width = 80
diff --git a/mercurial/patch.py b/mercurial/patch.py
--- a/mercurial/patch.py
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     encoding,
     error,
     mail,
-    match as matchmod,
     mdiff,
     pathutil,
     pycompat,
@@ -2320,10 +2319,6 @@
         return getfilectx
     getfilectx = lrugetfilectx()
 
-    if relroot:
-        relrootmatch = scmutil.match(ctx2, pats=[relroot], default='path')
-        match = matchmod.intersectmatchers(match, relrootmatch)
-
     if not changes:
         changes = ctx1.status(ctx2, match=match)
     modified, added, removed = changes[:3]