diff --git a/t/helper/test-read-cache.c b/t/helper/test-read-cache.c
index d674c88..7e79b55 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-read-cache.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-read-cache.c
@@ -1,14 +1,36 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 int cmd__read_cache(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	int i, cnt = 1;
+	int i, cnt = 1, namelen;
+	const char *name = NULL;
+
+	if (argc > 1 && skip_prefix(argv[1], "--print-and-refresh=", &name)) {
+		namelen = strlen(name);
+		argc--;
+		argv++;
+	}
+
 	if (argc == 2)
 		cnt = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0);
 	setup_git_directory();
+	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
 		read_cache();
+		if (name) {
+			int pos;
+
+			refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET,
+				      NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			pos = index_name_pos(&the_index, name, namelen);
+			if (pos < 0)
+				die("%s not in index", name);
+			printf("%s is%s up to date\n", name,
+			       ce_uptodate(the_index.cache[pos]) ? "" : " not");
+			write_file(name, "%d\n", i);
+		}
 		discard_cache();
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
index 3e0a61d..afd8fa7 100755
--- a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
+++ b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
@@ -346,4 +346,12 @@
 	test_cmp before after
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'discard_index() also discards fsmonitor info' '
+	test_config core.fsmonitor "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t7519/fsmonitor-all" &&
+	test_might_fail git update-index --refresh &&
+	test-tool read-cache --print-and-refresh=tracked 2 >actual &&
+	printf "tracked is%s up to date\n" "" " not" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done