diff --git a/src/fssum.c b/src/fssum.c
index 135dd60f..506ca7fe 100644
--- a/src/fssum.c
+++ b/src/fssum.c
@@ -510,6 +510,10 @@ int open_one(int dirfd, const char *name)
 	return openat(dirfd, name, 0);
 }
 
+void
+sum_one(int dirfd, int level, sum_t *dircs, char *path_prefix,
+		char *path_in, char *name);
+
 void
 sum(int dirfd, int level, sum_t *dircs, char *path_prefix, char *path_in)
 {
@@ -520,8 +524,6 @@ sum(int dirfd, int level, sum_t *dircs, char *path_prefix, char *path_in)
 	int entries = 0;
 	int i;
 	int ret;
-	int fd;
-	int excl;
 	struct stat64 dir_st;
 
 	if (fstat64(dirfd, &dir_st)) {
@@ -556,147 +558,166 @@ sum(int dirfd, int level, sum_t *dircs, char *path_prefix, char *path_in)
 	qsort(namelist, entries, sizeof(*namelist), namecmp);
 	for (i = 0; i < entries; ++i) {
 		struct stat64 st;
-		sum_t cs;
-		sum_t meta;
-		char *path;
-
-		sum_init(&cs);
-		sum_init(&meta);
-		path = alloc(strlen(path_in) + strlen(namelist[i]) + 3);
-		sprintf(path, "%s/%s", path_in, namelist[i]);
-		for (excl = 0; excl < n_excludes; ++excl) {
-			if (strncmp(excludes[excl].path, path,
-			    excludes[excl].len) == 0)
-				goto next;
-		}
 
 		ret = fstatat64(dirfd, namelist[i], &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
 		if (ret) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "stat failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
-				path_prefix, path, strerror(errno));
+			fprintf(stderr, "stat failed for %s/%s/%s: %s\n",
+				path_prefix, path_in, namelist[i],
+				strerror(errno));
 			exit(-1);
 		}
 
 		/* We are crossing into a different subvol, skip this subtree. */
 		if (st.st_dev != dir_st.st_dev)
-			goto next;
-
-		sum_add_u64(&meta, level);
-		sum_add(&meta, namelist[i], strlen(namelist[i]));
-		if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-			sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_nlink);
-		if (flags[FLAG_UID])
-			sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_uid);
-		if (flags[FLAG_GID])
-			sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_gid);
-		if (flags[FLAG_MODE])
-			sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_mode);
-		if (flags[FLAG_ATIME])
-			sum_add_time(&meta, st.st_atime);
-		if (flags[FLAG_MTIME])
-			sum_add_time(&meta, st.st_mtime);
-		if (flags[FLAG_CTIME])
-			sum_add_time(&meta, st.st_ctime);
-		if (flags[FLAG_XATTRS] &&
-		    (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISREG(st.st_mode))) {
-			fd = open_one(dirfd, namelist[i]);
-			if (fd == -1 && flags[FLAG_OPEN_ERROR]) {
-				sum_add_u64(&meta, errno);
-			} else if (fd == -1) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "open failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
-					path_prefix, path, strerror(errno));
+			continue;
+
+		sum_one(dirfd, level, dircs, path_prefix, path_in, namelist[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+void
+sum_one(int dirfd, int level, sum_t *dircs, char *path_prefix,
+		char *path_in, char *name) {
+	sum_t cs;
+	sum_t meta;
+	int fd;
+	int ret;
+	int excl;
+	char* path;
+	struct stat64 st;
+
+	sum_init(&cs);
+	sum_init(&meta);
+	path = alloc(strlen(path_in) + strlen(name) + 3);
+	sprintf(path, "%s/%s", path_in, name);
+	for (excl = 0; excl < n_excludes; ++excl) {
+		if (strncmp(excludes[excl].path, path,
+			excludes[excl].len) == 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = fstatat64(dirfd, name, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "stat failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
+			path_prefix, path, strerror(errno));
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
+	sum_add_u64(&meta, level);
+	sum_add(&meta, name, strlen(name));
+	if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+		sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_nlink);
+	if (flags[FLAG_UID])
+		sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_uid);
+	if (flags[FLAG_GID])
+		sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_gid);
+	if (flags[FLAG_MODE])
+		sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_mode);
+	if (flags[FLAG_ATIME])
+		sum_add_time(&meta, st.st_atime);
+	if (flags[FLAG_MTIME])
+		sum_add_time(&meta, st.st_mtime);
+	if (flags[FLAG_CTIME])
+		sum_add_time(&meta, st.st_ctime);
+	if (flags[FLAG_XATTRS] &&
+		(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISREG(st.st_mode))) {
+		fd = open_one(dirfd, name);
+		if (fd == -1 && flags[FLAG_OPEN_ERROR]) {
+			sum_add_u64(&meta, errno);
+		} else if (fd == -1) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "open failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
+				path_prefix, path, strerror(errno));
+			exit(-1);
+		} else {
+			ret = sum_xattrs(fd, &meta);
+			close(fd);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"failed to read xattrs from "
+					"%s/%s: %s\n",
+					path_prefix, path,
+					strerror(-ret));
 				exit(-1);
-			} else {
-				ret = sum_xattrs(fd, &meta);
-				close(fd);
-				if (ret < 0) {
-					fprintf(stderr,
-						"failed to read xattrs from "
-						"%s/%s: %s\n",
-						path_prefix, path,
-						strerror(-ret));
-					exit(-1);
-				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-			fd = open_one(dirfd, namelist[i]);
+	}
+	if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		fd = open_one(dirfd, name);
+		if (fd == -1 && flags[FLAG_OPEN_ERROR]) {
+			sum_add_u64(&meta, errno);
+		} else if (fd == -1) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "open failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
+				path_prefix, path, strerror(errno));
+			exit(-1);
+		} else {
+			sum(fd, level + 1, &cs, path_prefix, path);
+			close(fd);
+		}
+	} else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+		sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_size);
+		if (flags[FLAG_DATA]) {
+			if (verbose)
+				fprintf(stderr, "file %s\n",
+					name);
+			fd = open_one(dirfd, name);
 			if (fd == -1 && flags[FLAG_OPEN_ERROR]) {
 				sum_add_u64(&meta, errno);
 			} else if (fd == -1) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "open failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
-					path_prefix, path, strerror(errno));
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"open failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
+					path_prefix, path,
+					strerror(errno));
 				exit(-1);
-			} else {
-				sum(fd, level + 1, &cs, path_prefix, path);
-				close(fd);
 			}
-		} else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
-			sum_add_u64(&meta, st.st_size);
-			if (flags[FLAG_DATA]) {
-				if (verbose)
-					fprintf(stderr, "file %s\n",
-						namelist[i]);
-				fd = open_one(dirfd, namelist[i]);
-				if (fd == -1 && flags[FLAG_OPEN_ERROR]) {
-					sum_add_u64(&meta, errno);
-				} else if (fd == -1) {
+			if (fd != -1) {
+				ret = sum_file_data(fd, &cs);
+				if (ret < 0) {
 					fprintf(stderr,
-						"open failed for %s/%s: %s\n",
+						"read failed for "
+						"%s/%s: %s\n",
 						path_prefix, path,
 						strerror(errno));
 					exit(-1);
 				}
-				if (fd != -1) {
-					ret = sum_file_data(fd, &cs);
-					if (ret < 0) {
-						fprintf(stderr,
-							"read failed for "
-							"%s/%s: %s\n",
-							path_prefix, path,
-							strerror(errno));
-						exit(-1);
-					}
-					close(fd);
-				}
-			}
-		} else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-			ret = readlinkat(dirfd, namelist[i], buf, sizeof(buf));
-			if (ret == -1) {
-				perror("readlink");
-				exit(-1);
+				close(fd);
 			}
-			sum_add(&cs, buf, ret);
-		} else if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
-			sum_add_u64(&cs, major(st.st_rdev));
-			sum_add_u64(&cs, minor(st.st_rdev));
 		}
-		sum_fini(&cs);
-		sum_fini(&meta);
-		if (gen_manifest || in_manifest) {
-			char *fn;
-			char *m;
-			char *c;
-
-			if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-				strcat(path, "/");
-			fn = escape(path);
-			m = sum_to_string(&meta);
-			c = sum_to_string(&cs);
-
-			if (gen_manifest)
-				fprintf(out_fp, "%s %s %s\n", fn, m, c);
-			if (in_manifest)
-				check_manifest(fn, m, c, 0);
-			free(c);
-			free(m);
-			free(fn);
+	} else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+		ret = readlinkat(dirfd, name, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		if (ret == -1) {
+			perror("readlink");
+			exit(-1);
 		}
-		sum_add_sum(dircs, &cs);
-		sum_add_sum(dircs, &meta);
-next:
-		free(path);
+		sum_add(&cs, buf, ret);
+	} else if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
+		sum_add_u64(&cs, major(st.st_rdev));
+		sum_add_u64(&cs, minor(st.st_rdev));
 	}
+	sum_fini(&cs);
+	sum_fini(&meta);
+	if (gen_manifest || in_manifest) {
+		char *fn;
+		char *m;
+		char *c;
+
+		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+			strcat(path, "/");
+		fn = escape(path);
+		m = sum_to_string(&meta);
+		c = sum_to_string(&cs);
+
+		if (gen_manifest)
+			fprintf(out_fp, "%s %s %s\n", fn, m, c);
+		if (in_manifest)
+			check_manifest(fn, m, c, 0);
+		free(c);
+		free(m);
+		free(fn);
+	}
+	sum_add_sum(dircs, &cs);
+	sum_add_sum(dircs, &meta);
+out:
+	free(path);
 }
 
 int
