1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java
index ab2faa2c5f..2627968ac2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java
@@ -122,8 +122,14 @@ public final class RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction implements SkyFunction {
       }
 
       if (rootInfo.type.isFile()) {
-        // The root is a file or a symlink to one.
-        return resultForFileRoot(traversal.path, rootInfo);
+        if (traversal.pattern == null
+            || traversal.pattern.matcher(
+                   rootInfo.realPath.getRelativePath().getPathString()).matches()) {
+          // The root is a file or a symlink to one.
+          return resultForFileRoot(traversal.path, rootInfo);
+        } else {
+          return RecursiveFilesystemTraversalValue.EMPTY;
+        }
       }
 
       // Otherwise the root is a directory or a symlink to one.