diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/cache.go b/cmd/hdfs/cache.go
index 1d045ce..cd63dcb 100644
--- a/cmd/hdfs/cache.go
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/cache.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func stat(client *hdfs.Client, fullPath string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 	return res, nil
 }
 
-func readDir(client *hdfs.Client, dir string, glob string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
+func readDir(client *hdfs.Client, dir string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	if cachedRes, exists := readDirCache[dir]; exists {
 		return cachedRes, nil
 	}
@@ -66,17 +66,5 @@ func readDir(client *hdfs.Client, dir string, glob string) ([]os.FileInfo, error
 		statCache[childPath] = fi
 	}
 
-	if glob != "" {
-		matched := make([]os.FileInfo, 0, len(res))
-		for _, fi := range res {
-			match, _ := path.Match(glob, fi.Name())
-			if match {
-				matched = append(matched, fi)
-			}
-		}
-
-		return matched, nil
-	} else {
-		return res, nil
-	}
+	return res, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/ls.go b/cmd/hdfs/ls.go
index 5d236dc..c1f9151 100644
--- a/cmd/hdfs/ls.go
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/ls.go
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ func ls(paths []string, long, all bool) {
 		var tw *tabwriter.Writer
 		if long {
 			tw = defaultTabWriter()
-			defer tw.Flush()
+			printFiles(tw, files, true, all)
+			tw.Flush()
+		} else {
+			printFiles(nil, files, false, all)
 		}
 
-		printFiles(tw, files, long, all)
-
 		for _, dir := range dirs {
 			fmt.Printf("\n%s/:\n", dir)
 			printDir(client, dir, long, all)
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func ls(paths []string, long, all bool) {
 }
 
 func printDir(client *hdfs.Client, dir string, long, all bool) {
-	files, err := readDir(client, dir, "")
+	files, err := readDir(client, dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/hdfs/paths.go b/cmd/hdfs/paths.go
index 9b7531b..507585f 100644
--- a/cmd/hdfs/paths.go
+++ b/cmd/hdfs/paths.go
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ func hasGlob(fragment string) bool {
 
 // expandGlobs recursively expands globs in a filepath. It assumes the paths
 // are already cleaned and normalize (ie, absolute).
-func expandGlobs(client *hdfs.Client, p string) ([]string, error) {
-	if !hasGlob(p) {
-		return []string{p}, nil
+func expandGlobs(client *hdfs.Client, globbedPath string) ([]string, error) {
+	if !hasGlob(globbedPath) {
+		return []string{globbedPath}, nil
 	}
 
-	parts := strings.Split(p, "/")[1:]
+	parts := strings.Split(globbedPath, "/")[1:]
 	res := make([]string, 0)
 	splitAt := 0
 	for splitAt, _ = range parts {
@@ -82,12 +82,17 @@ func expandGlobs(client *hdfs.Client, p string) ([]string, error) {
 	base := "/" + path.Join(parts[:splitAt]...)
 	glob := parts[splitAt]
 	remainder := path.Join(parts[splitAt+1:]...)
-	list, err := readDir(client, base, glob)
+	list, err := readDir(client, base)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	for _, fi := range list {
+		match, _ := path.Match(glob, fi.Name())
+		if !match {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		newPath := path.Join(base, fi.Name(), remainder)
 		children, err := expandGlobs(client, newPath)
 		if err != nil {