diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 530f0ed..64d1a3d 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1241,11 +1241,12 @@
 	handle_untracked_files_arg(&s);
 	if (show_ignored_in_status)
 		s.show_ignored_files = 1;
-	if (*argv)
-		s.pathspec = get_pathspec(prefix, argv);
+	parse_pathspec(&s.pathspec, 0,
+		       PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL,
+		       prefix, argv);
 
-	read_cache_preload(s.pathspec);
-	refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED, s.pathspec, NULL, NULL);
+	read_cache_preload(s.pathspec.raw);
+	refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED, s.pathspec.raw, NULL, NULL);
 
 	fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0);
 	if (0 <= fd)