diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 9579ff4ab12dfc1c48d6e530a93d0d18e07c2ebb..b0cd78856418319ed46b2e0cf372deffc050bb80 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -67,17 +67,8 @@ static int update_some(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base, int baselen,
 
 static int read_tree_some(struct tree *tree, const char **pathspec)
 {
-	int newfd;
-	struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
-	newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
-	read_cache();
-
 	read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, pathspec, update_some);
 
-	if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
-	    commit_locked_index(lock_file))
-		die("unable to write new index file");
-
 	/* update the index with the given tree's info
 	 * for all args, expanding wildcards, and exit
 	 * with any non-zero return code.
@@ -85,7 +76,7 @@ static int read_tree_some(struct tree *tree, const char **pathspec)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int checkout_paths(const char **pathspec)
+static int checkout_paths(struct tree *source_tree, const char **pathspec)
 {
 	int pos;
 	struct checkout state;
@@ -94,6 +85,15 @@ static int checkout_paths(const char **pathspec)
 	int flag;
 	struct commit *head;
 
+	int newfd;
+	struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
+
+	newfd = hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
+	read_cache();
+
+	if (source_tree)
+		read_tree_some(source_tree, pathspec);
+
 	for (pos = 0; pathspec[pos]; pos++)
 		;
 	ps_matched = xcalloc(1, pos);
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ static int checkout_paths(const char **pathspec)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
+	    commit_locked_index(lock_file))
+		die("unable to write new index file");
+
 	resolve_ref("HEAD", rev, 0, &flag);
 	head = lookup_commit_reference_gently(rev, 1);
 
@@ -558,11 +562,7 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (source_tree)
-			read_tree_some(source_tree, pathspec);
-		else
-			read_cache();
-		return checkout_paths(pathspec);
+		return checkout_paths(source_tree, pathspec);
 	}
 
 	if (new.name && !new.commit) {
diff --git a/t/t2009-checkout-statinfo.sh b/t/t2009-checkout-statinfo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f3c21520877e271506be13b5cabad5e7906f0c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t2009-checkout-statinfo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='checkout should leave clean stat info'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+
+	echo hello >world &&
+	git update-index --add world &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	git branch side &&
+	echo goodbye >world &&
+	git update-index --add world &&
+	git commit -m second
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'branch switching' '
+
+	git reset --hard &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = "" &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = "" &&
+
+	git checkout side &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = "" &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = ""
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'path checkout' '
+
+	git reset --hard &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = "" &&
+
+	git checkout master world &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = "" &&
+
+	git checkout side world &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = "" &&
+
+	git checkout master world &&
+	test "$(git diff-files --raw)" = ""
+
+'
+
+test_done
+