entry = fs_entries[i];
 
        /* Ignore special directories to avoid infinite recursion.
-        * Also ignore the .notmuch directory and files/directories
-        * the user has configured to be ignored.
+        * Also ignore the .notmuch directory.
         */
        if (strcmp (entry->d_name, ".") == 0 ||
            strcmp (entry->d_name, "..") == 0 ||
-           strcmp (entry->d_name, ".notmuch") == 0 ||
-           _entry_in_ignore_list (entry->d_name, state))
-       {
-           if (state->debug && _entry_in_ignore_list (entry->d_name, state))
+           strcmp (entry->d_name, ".notmuch") == 0)
+           continue;
+
+       /* Ignore any files/directories the user has configured to be
+        * ignored
+        */
+       if (_entry_in_ignore_list (entry->d_name, state)) {
+           if (state->debug)
                printf ("(D) count_files: explicitly ignoring %s/%s\n",
-                       path,
-                       entry->d_name);
+                       path, entry->d_name);
            continue;
        }