diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index 211efa8a..05c68f3e 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ update_archive (void)
 
     while (path = name_from_list (), path)
       {
-	if (excluded_pathname (excluded, path))
+	if (excluded_name (path))
 	  continue;
 	if (interactive_option && !confirm ("add", path))
 	  continue;