diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index f5c816e273318709e90a9f5e9a47143a3842f8e3..77b4ed53a8aa76aa03bac8324a297e5c9ca5c340 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -275,20 +275,11 @@ sub list_modified {
 	my ($only) = @_;
 	my (%data, @return);
 	my ($add, $del, $adddel, $file);
-	my @tracked = ();
-
-	if (@ARGV) {
-		@tracked = map {
-			chomp $_;
-			unquote_path($_);
-		} run_cmd_pipe(qw(git ls-files --), @ARGV);
-		return if (!@tracked);
-	}
 
 	my $reference = get_diff_reference($patch_mode_revision);
 	for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-index --cached
 			     --numstat --summary), $reference,
-			     '--', @tracked)) {
+			     '--', @ARGV)) {
 		if (($add, $del, $file) =
 		    /^([-\d]+)	([-\d]+)	(.*)/) {
 			my ($change, $bin);
@@ -313,7 +304,7 @@ sub list_modified {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-files --numstat --summary --raw --), @tracked)) {
+	for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-files --numstat --summary --raw --), @ARGV)) {
 		if (($add, $del, $file) =
 		    /^([-\d]+)	([-\d]+)	(.*)/) {
 			$file = unquote_path($file);
diff --git a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
index aaa258daa376ab6d18d71a04a517840e1b55d094..f9528fa00c4ad382a99460fbf5b2c9b7a96ec34b 100755
--- a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
@@ -412,4 +412,47 @@ test_expect_success 'patch-mode via -i prompts for files' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'add -p handles globs' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+
+	mkdir -p subdir &&
+	echo base >one.c &&
+	echo base >subdir/two.c &&
+	git add "*.c" &&
+	git commit -m base &&
+
+	echo change >one.c &&
+	echo change >subdir/two.c &&
+	git add -p "*.c" <<-\EOF &&
+	y
+	y
+	EOF
+
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	one.c
+	subdir/two.c
+	EOF
+	git diff --cached --name-only >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'add -p does not expand argument lists' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+
+	echo content >not-changed &&
+	git add not-changed &&
+	git commit -m "add not-changed file" &&
+
+	echo change >file &&
+	GIT_TRACE=$(pwd)/trace.out git add -p . <<-\EOF &&
+	y
+	EOF
+
+	# we know that "file" must be mentioned since we actually
+	# update it, but we want to be sure that our "." pathspec
+	# was not expanded into the argument list of any command.
+	# So look only for "not-changed".
+	! grep not-changed trace.out
+'
+
 test_done