diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java
index fe3703719..ec71783c6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileSnapshot.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class FileSnapshot {
 	 * @return the snapshot.
 	 */
 	public static FileSnapshot saveNoConfig(File path) {
-		return new FileSnapshot(path);
+		return new FileSnapshot(path, false);
 	}
 
 	private static Object getFileKey(BasicFileAttributes fileAttributes) {