diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt
index 3054b5a3f0..91471213bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt
@@ -59,3 +59,7 @@ Fixes since v1.5.1
 
   - git-svn dcommit and rebase was confused by patches that were
     merged from another branch that is managed by git-svn.
+
+  - git-svn used to get confused when globbing remote branch/tag
+    spec (e.g. "branches = proj/branches/*:refs/remotes/origin/*")
+    is used and there was a plain file that matched the glob.
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 4d3c453bf2..efc4c88a4e 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -3162,6 +3162,8 @@ sub match_globs {
 			my $p = $1;
 			my $pathname = $g->{path}->full_path($p);
 			next if $exists->{$pathname};
+			next if ($self->check_path($pathname, $r) !=
+			         $SVN::Node::dir);
 			$exists->{$pathname} = Git::SVN->init(
 			                      $self->{url}, $pathname, undef,
 			                      $g->{ref}->full_path($p), 1);