diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java
index 867945362..abd00c377 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/AddCommand.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.jgit.api;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheEntry;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheIterator;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.FileTreeIterator;
@@ -185,20 +183,10 @@ public class AddCommand extends GitCommand<DirCache> {
 									} finally {
 										in.close();
 									}
-									builder.add(entry);
-									lastAddedFile = path;
-								} else {
-									Repository subRepo = Git.open(
-											new File(repo.getWorkTree(), path))
-											.getRepository();
-									ObjectId subRepoHead = subRepo
-											.resolve(Constants.HEAD);
-									if (subRepoHead != null) {
-										entry.setObjectId(subRepoHead);
-										builder.add(entry);
-										lastAddedFile = path;
-									}
-								}
+								} else
+									entry.setObjectId(f.getEntryObjectId());
+								builder.add(entry);
+								lastAddedFile = path;
 							} else {
 								builder.add(c.getDirCacheEntry());
 							}