diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/PathFilter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/PathFilter.java
index 365a82098..d85ea8cc5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/PathFilter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/filter/PathFilter.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.filter;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.StopWalkException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.TreeWalk;
@@ -98,10 +97,7 @@ public class PathFilter extends TreeFilter {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean include(final TreeWalk walker) {
-		int cmp = walker.isPathPrefix(pathRaw, pathRaw.length);
-		if (cmp > 0)
-			throw StopWalkException.INSTANCE;
-		return cmp == 0;
+		return walker.isPathPrefix(pathRaw, pathRaw.length) == 0;
 	}
 
 	@Override