}
        if (ce->ce_mtime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_mtime)
                changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-       if (trust_ctime && ce->ce_ctime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_ctime)
+       if (trust_ctime && check_stat &&
+           ce->ce_ctime.sec != (unsigned int)st->st_ctime)
                changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 
 #ifdef USE_NSEC
-       if (ce->ce_mtime.nsec != ST_MTIME_NSEC(*st))
+       if (check_stat && ce->ce_mtime.nsec != ST_MTIME_NSEC(*st))
                changed |= MTIME_CHANGED;
-       if (trust_ctime && ce->ce_ctime.nsec != ST_CTIME_NSEC(*st))
+       if (trust_ctime && check_stat &&
+           ce->ce_ctime.nsec != ST_CTIME_NSEC(*st))
                changed |= CTIME_CHANGED;
 #endif
 
-       if (ce->ce_uid != (unsigned int) st->st_uid ||
-           ce->ce_gid != (unsigned int) st->st_gid)
-               changed |= OWNER_CHANGED;
-       if (ce->ce_ino != (unsigned int) st->st_ino)
-               changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
+       if (check_stat) {
+               if (ce->ce_uid != (unsigned int) st->st_uid ||
+                       ce->ce_gid != (unsigned int) st->st_gid)
+                       changed |= OWNER_CHANGED;
+               if (ce->ce_ino != (unsigned int) st->st_ino)
+                       changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
+       }
 
 #ifdef USE_STDEV
        /*
         * clients will have different views of what "device"
         * the filesystem is on
         */
-       if (ce->ce_dev != (unsigned int) st->st_dev)
-               changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
+       if (check_stat && ce->ce_dev != (unsigned int) st->st_dev)
+                       changed |= INODE_CHANGED;
 #endif
 
        if (ce->ce_size != (unsigned int) st->st_size)
        return cache_name_stage_compare(name1, len1, 0, name2, len2, 0);
 }
 
-int index_name_stage_pos(const struct index_state *istate, const char *name, int namelen, int stage)
+static int index_name_stage_pos(const struct index_state *istate, const char *name, int namelen, int stage)
 {
        int first, last;