diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
index 072e0e9e91..2345ad6df1 100644
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class basectx(object):
         r = self._repo
         return matchmod.match(r.root, r.getcwd(), pats,
                               include, exclude, default,
-                              auditor=r.auditor, ctx=self,
+                              auditor=r.nofsauditor, ctx=self,
                               listsubrepos=listsubrepos, badfn=badfn)
 
     def diff(self, ctx2=None, match=None, **opts):
diff --git a/tests/test-audit-path.t b/tests/test-audit-path.t
index 5f49e7f550..e6681f22e2 100644
--- a/tests/test-audit-path.t
+++ b/tests/test-audit-path.t
@@ -27,6 +27,45 @@ should still fail - maybe
   abort: path 'b/b' traverses symbolic link 'b' (glob)
   [255]
 
+  $ hg commit -m 'add symlink b'
+
+
+Test symlink traversing when accessing history:
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+(build a changeset where the path exists as a directory)
+
+  $ hg up 0
+  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ mkdir b
+  $ echo c > b/a
+  $ hg add b/a
+  $ hg ci -m 'add directory b'
+  created new head
+
+Test that hg cat does not do anything wrong the working copy has 'b' as directory
+
+  $ hg cat b/a
+  c
+  $ hg cat -r "desc(directory)" b/a
+  c
+  $ hg cat -r "desc(symlink)" b/a
+  b/a: no such file in rev bc151a1f53bd
+  [1]
+
+Test that hg cat does not do anything wrong the working copy has 'b' as a symlink (issue4749)
+
+  $ hg up 'desc(symlink)'
+  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ hg cat b/a
+  b/a: no such file in rev bc151a1f53bd
+  [1]
+  $ hg cat -r "desc(directory)" b/a
+  c
+  $ hg cat -r "desc(symlink)" b/a
+  b/a: no such file in rev bc151a1f53bd
+  [1]
+
 #endif