diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index 7dac714af9..3fccdcb645 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				}
 				argc += last - first;
 			}
-		} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, ignore_case))) {
+		} else if (!(ce = cache_file_exists(src, length, 0))) {
 			bad = _("not under version control");
 		} else if (ce_stage(ce)) {
 			bad = _("conflicted");