diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index d3fc82c852..55bf5fae9d 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2409,11 +2409,6 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(struct diff_options *opt,
 	ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode);
 	add_cache_entry(ce, ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_ADD|ADD_CACHE_OK_TO_REPLACE);
 
-	/*
-	 * We are not going to write this out, so this does not matter
-	 * right now, but someday we might optimize diff-index --cached
-	 * with cache-tree information.
-	 */
 	cache_tree_invalidate_path(&the_index, path);
 
 	return commit;
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 760dc8eae9..06ab68223a 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int grep_cache(struct grep_opt *opt, const struct pathspec *pathspec, int
 
 	for (nr = 0; nr < active_nr; nr++) {
 		const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[nr];
-		if (!S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode))
+		if (!S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode) || ce_intent_to_add(ce))
 			continue;
 		if (!ce_path_match(ce, pathspec, NULL))
 			continue;
diff --git a/builtin/rm.c b/builtin/rm.c
index 80b972f92f..8829b09d0b 100644
--- a/builtin/rm.c
+++ b/builtin/rm.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int check_local_mod(unsigned char *head, int index_only)
 		 * "intent to add" entry.
 		 */
 		if (local_changes && staged_changes) {
-			if (!index_only || !(ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD))
+			if (!index_only || !ce_intent_to_add(ce))
 				string_list_append(&files_staged, name);
 		}
 		else if (!index_only) {
diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c
index a59e6f1e1f..20ee7b52df 100644
--- a/cache-tree.c
+++ b/cache-tree.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int update_one(struct cache_tree *it,
 		 * they are not part of generated trees. Invalidate up
 		 * to root to force cache-tree users to read elsewhere.
 		 */
-		if (ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD) {
+		if (ce_intent_to_add(ce)) {
 			to_invalidate = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index bf00ce55f8..dcd654ffde 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static inline unsigned create_ce_flags(unsigned stage)
 #define ce_uptodate(ce) ((ce)->ce_flags & CE_UPTODATE)
 #define ce_skip_worktree(ce) ((ce)->ce_flags & CE_SKIP_WORKTREE)
 #define ce_mark_uptodate(ce) ((ce)->ce_flags |= CE_UPTODATE)
+#define ce_intent_to_add(ce) ((ce)->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD)
 
 #define ce_permissions(mode) (((mode) & 0100) ? 0755 : 0644)
 static inline unsigned int create_ce_mode(unsigned int mode)
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 84616c8e21..5be7cd1dbf 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ int ie_match_stat(const struct index_state *istate,
 	 * by definition never matches what is in the work tree until it
 	 * actually gets added.
 	 */
-	if (ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD)
+	if (ce_intent_to_add(ce))
 		return DATA_CHANGED | TYPE_CHANGED | MODE_CHANGED;
 
 	changed = ce_match_stat_basic(ce, st);
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags,
 
 			if (cache_errno == ENOENT)
 				fmt = deleted_fmt;
-			else if (ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD)
+			else if (ce_intent_to_add(ce))
 				fmt = added_fmt; /* must be before other checks */
 			else if (changed & TYPE_CHANGED)
 				fmt = typechange_fmt;