diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index d861f836a..937eb17b6 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c

@@ -857,6 +857,38 @@ static void interactive_main_loop(void)
  	}
  }
  
+static void correct_untracked_entries(struct dir_struct *dir)
+{
+	int src, dst, ign;
+
+	for (src = dst = ign = 0; src < dir->nr; src++) {
+		/* skip paths in ignored[] that cannot be inside entries[src] */
+		while (ign < dir->ignored_nr &&
+		       0 <= cmp_dir_entry(&dir->entries[src], &dir->ignored[ign]))
+			ign++;
+
+		if (ign < dir->ignored_nr &&
+		    check_dir_entry_contains(dir->entries[src], dir->ignored[ign])) {
+			/* entries[src] contains an ignored path, so we drop it */
+			free(dir->entries[src]);
+		} else {
+			struct dir_entry *ent = dir->entries[src++];
+
+			/* entries[src] does not contain an ignored path, so we keep it */
+			dir->entries[dst++] = ent;
+
+			/* then discard paths in entries[] contained inside entries[src] */
+			while (src < dir->nr &&
+			       check_dir_entry_contains(ent, dir->entries[src]))
+				free(dir->entries[src++]);
+
+			/* compensate for the outer loop's loop control */
+			src--;
+		}
+	}
+	dir->nr = dst;
+}
+