diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -2781,8 +2781,10 @@
                ignored=False, clean=False, unknown=False,
                listsubrepos=False):
         '''a convenience method that calls node1.status(node2)'''
-        return self[node1].status(node2, match, ignored, clean, unknown,
-                                  listsubrepos)
+        with util.timedcm('repo.status look up node1 context %r', node1):
+            n1 = self[node1]
+        return n1.status(node2, match, ignored, clean, unknown,
+                         listsubrepos)
 
     def addpostdsstatus(self, ps):
         """Add a callback to run within the wlock, at the point at which status