diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index be96600753fa3a963ea5a260e0b0f23b4ff1ed16..650ea341762650cc9a6b517322d9ee3d7aa3b604 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -850,29 +850,32 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 
     ## Should move this out, doesn't use SELF.
     def readP4Files(self, files):
+        filesForCommit = []
+        filesToRead = []
+
         for f in files:
+            includeFile = True
             for val in self.clientSpecDirs:
                 if f['path'].startswith(val[0]):
-                    if val[1] > 0:
-                        f['include'] = True
-                    else:
-                        f['include'] = False
+                    if val[1] <= 0:
+                        includeFile = False
                     break
 
-        files = [f for f in files
-                 if f['action'] != 'delete' and
-                 (f.has_key('include') == False or f['include'] == True)]
+            if includeFile:
+                filesForCommit.append(f)
+                if f['action'] != 'delete':
+                    filesToRead.append(f)
 
-        if not files:
-            return []
+        filedata = []
+        if len(filesToRead) > 0:
+            filedata = p4CmdList('-x - print',
+                                 stdin='\n'.join(['%s#%s' % (f['path'], f['rev'])
+                                                  for f in filesToRead]),
+                                 stdin_mode='w+')
 
-        filedata = p4CmdList('-x - print',
-                             stdin='\n'.join(['%s#%s' % (f['path'], f['rev'])
-                                              for f in files]),
-                             stdin_mode='w+')
-        if "p4ExitCode" in filedata[0]:
-            die("Problems executing p4. Error: [%d]."
-                % (filedata[0]['p4ExitCode']));
+            if "p4ExitCode" in filedata[0]:
+                die("Problems executing p4. Error: [%d]."
+                    % (filedata[0]['p4ExitCode']));
 
         j = 0;
         contents = {}
@@ -896,10 +899,12 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 
             contents[stat['depotFile']] = text
 
-        for f in files:
-            assert not f.has_key('data')
-            f['data'] = contents[f['path']]
-        return files
+        for f in filesForCommit:
+            path = f['path']
+            if contents.has_key(path):
+                f['data'] = contents[path]
+
+        return filesForCommit
 
     def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
         epoch = details["time"]