diff --git a/t/t1011-read-tree-sparse-checkout.sh b/t/t1011-read-tree-sparse-checkout.sh
index 1b2395b8a8..4ed0885bf2 100755
--- a/t/t1011-read-tree-sparse-checkout.sh
+++ b/t/t1011-read-tree-sparse-checkout.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ test_expect_success 'read-tree will not throw away dirty changes, non-sparse' '
 	grep -q dirty init.t
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'read-tree will not throw away dirty changes, sparse' '
+test_expect_success 'read-tree will not throw away dirty changes, sparse' '
 	echo "/*" >.git/info/sparse-checkout &&
 	read_tree_u_must_succeed -m -u HEAD &&
 
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 360844bda3..96525d2ec2 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -2065,7 +2065,9 @@ static int verify_uptodate_1(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 int verify_uptodate(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 		    struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 {
-	if (!o->skip_sparse_checkout && (ce->ce_flags & CE_NEW_SKIP_WORKTREE))
+	if (!o->skip_sparse_checkout &&
+	    (ce->ce_flags & CE_SKIP_WORKTREE) &&
+	    (ce->ce_flags & CE_NEW_SKIP_WORKTREE))
 		return 0;
 	return verify_uptodate_1(ce, o, ERROR_NOT_UPTODATE_FILE);
 }