diff --git a/src/tree.h b/src/tree.h
index 0bff41312..fd00afde5 100644
--- a/src/tree.h
+++ b/src/tree.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct git_treebuilder {
 
 GIT_INLINE(unsigned int) entry_is_tree(const struct git_tree_entry *e)
 {
-	return e->attr & 040000;
+	return (S_ISDIR(e->attr) && !S_ISGITLINK(e->attr));
 }
 
 void git_tree__free(git_tree *tree);
diff --git a/tests-clar/status/submodules.c b/tests-clar/status/submodules.c
index ca6c2ef30..9fd4f0d5f 100644
--- a/tests-clar/status/submodules.c
+++ b/tests-clar/status/submodules.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void test_status_submodules__cleanup(void)
 }
 
 static int
-cb_status__count(const char *p, unsigned int s, void *payload)
+cb_status__submodule_count(const char *p, unsigned int s, void *payload)
 {
 	volatile int *count = (int *)payload;
 
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ void test_status_submodules__0(void)
 	cl_assert(git_path_isfile("submodules/.gitmodules"));
 
 	cl_git_pass(
-		git_status_foreach(g_repo, cb_status__count, &counts)
+		git_status_foreach(g_repo, cb_status__submodule_count, &counts)
 	);
 
-	cl_assert(counts == 7);
+	cl_assert(counts == 6);
 }
 
 static const char *expected_files[] = {
@@ -62,17 +62,15 @@ static const char *expected_files[] = {
 	"deleted",
 	"ignored",
 	"modified",
-	"testrepo",
 	"untracked"
 };
 
 static unsigned int expected_status[] = {
-	GIT_STATUS_INDEX_NEW | GIT_STATUS_WT_MODIFIED,
+	GIT_STATUS_WT_MODIFIED,
 	GIT_STATUS_INDEX_NEW,
 	GIT_STATUS_INDEX_DELETED,
 	GIT_STATUS_IGNORED,
 	GIT_STATUS_WT_MODIFIED,
-	GIT_STATUS_INDEX_NEW, /* submodule added in index, but not committed */
 	GIT_STATUS_WT_NEW
 };
 
@@ -100,5 +98,5 @@ void test_status_submodules__1(void)
 		git_status_foreach(g_repo, cb_status__match, &index)
 	);
 
-	cl_assert(index == 7);
+	cl_assert(index == 6);
 }
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