diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 2476f06ebd..572cd639a6 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -3374,7 +3374,9 @@ static struct patch *previous_patch(struct apply_state *state,
 	return previous;
 }
 
-static int verify_index_match(const struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st)
+static int verify_index_match(struct apply_state *state,
+			      const struct cache_entry *ce,
+			      struct stat *st)
 {
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode)) {
 		if (!S_ISDIR(st->st_mode))
@@ -3524,7 +3526,7 @@ static int load_current(struct apply_state *state,
 		if (checkout_target(&the_index, ce, &st))
 			return -1;
 	}
-	if (verify_index_match(ce, &st))
+	if (verify_index_match(state, ce, &st))
 		return error(_("%s: does not match index"), name);
 
 	status = load_patch_target(state, &buf, ce, &st, patch, name, mode);
@@ -3694,7 +3696,7 @@ static int check_preimage(struct apply_state *state,
 			if (checkout_target(&the_index, *ce, st))
 				return -1;
 		}
-		if (!state->cached && verify_index_match(*ce, st))
+		if (!state->cached && verify_index_match(state, *ce, st))
 			return error(_("%s: does not match index"), old_name);
 		if (state->cached)
 			st_mode = (*ce)->ce_mode;
@@ -4313,7 +4315,9 @@ static int add_index_file(struct apply_state *state,
  *   0 if everything went well
  *   1 if a recoverable error happened
  */
-static int try_create_file(const char *path, unsigned int mode, const char *buf, unsigned long size)
+static int try_create_file(struct apply_state *state, const char *path,
+			   unsigned int mode, const char *buf,
+			   unsigned long size)
 {
 	int fd, res;
 	struct strbuf nbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -4371,7 +4375,7 @@ static int create_one_file(struct apply_state *state,
 	if (state->cached)
 		return 0;
 
-	res = try_create_file(path, mode, buf, size);
+	res = try_create_file(state, path, mode, buf, size);
 	if (res < 0)
 		return -1;
 	if (!res)
@@ -4380,7 +4384,7 @@ static int create_one_file(struct apply_state *state,
 	if (errno == ENOENT) {
 		if (safe_create_leading_directories(path))
 			return 0;
-		res = try_create_file(path, mode, buf, size);
+		res = try_create_file(state, path, mode, buf, size);
 		if (res < 0)
 			return -1;
 		if (!res)
@@ -4402,7 +4406,7 @@ static int create_one_file(struct apply_state *state,
 		for (;;) {
 			char newpath[PATH_MAX];
 			mksnpath(newpath, sizeof(newpath), "%s~%u", path, nr);
-			res = try_create_file(newpath, mode, buf, size);
+			res = try_create_file(state, newpath, mode, buf, size);
 			if (res < 0)
 				return -1;
 			if (!res) {