diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 63f3aed70a..4ff12ec525 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1312,13 +1312,14 @@ static int want_object_in_pack(const struct object_id *oid,
 			       int exclude,
 			       struct packed_git **found_pack,
 			       off_t *found_offset,
-			       struct object *referred_commit)
+			       struct referred_objects *referred_objs)
 {
 	int want;
 	struct list_head *pos;
 	struct multi_pack_index *m;
+	struct configured_exclusion *commit_ex;
+	struct configured_exclusion *tree_ex;
 	struct configured_exclusion *ex;
-	struct configured_exclusion *referred_ex;
 
 	if (!exclude && local && has_loose_object_nonlocal(oid))
 		return 0;
@@ -1354,14 +1355,23 @@ static int want_object_in_pack(const struct object_id *oid,
 	}
 
 	if (uri_protocols.nr) {
-		if (referred_commit) {
-			referred_ex = oidmap_get(&configured_exclusions, &referred_commit->oid);
-			if (referred_ex && match_packfile_uri_exclusions(referred_ex))
+		if (referred_objs && referred_objs->commit) {
+			commit_ex = oidmap_get(&configured_exclusions, &referred_objs->commit->oid);
+			if (match_packfile_uri_exclusions(commit_ex))
 				return 0;
 		}
 
+		if (referred_objs && referred_objs->trees) {
+			struct object_list *p;
+			for (p = referred_objs->trees; p; p = p->next) {
+				tree_ex = oidmap_get(&configured_exclusions, &p->item->oid);
+				if (match_packfile_uri_exclusions(tree_ex))
+					return 0;
+			}
+		}
+
 		ex = oidmap_get(&configured_exclusions, oid);
-		if (ex && match_packfile_uri_exclusions(ex)) {
+		if (match_packfile_uri_exclusions(ex)) {
 			oidset_insert(&excluded_by_config, oid);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -1401,7 +1411,7 @@ static const char no_closure_warning[] = N_(
 
 static int add_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 			    const char *name, int exclude,
-			    struct object *referred_commit)
+			    struct referred_objects *referred_objs)
 {
 	struct packed_git *found_pack = NULL;
 	off_t found_offset = 0;
@@ -1411,7 +1421,7 @@ static int add_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 	if (have_duplicate_entry(oid, exclude))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!want_object_in_pack(oid, exclude, &found_pack, &found_offset, referred_commit)) {
+	if (!want_object_in_pack(oid, exclude, &found_pack, &found_offset, referred_objs)) {
 		/* The pack is missing an object, so it will not have closure */
 		if (write_bitmap_index) {
 			if (write_bitmap_index != WRITE_BITMAP_QUIET)
@@ -3262,9 +3272,9 @@ static void show_commit(struct commit *commit, void *data)
 
 static void show_object(struct object *obj, const char *name, void *show_data, void *carry_data)
 {
-	struct object *referred_commit = carry_data;
+	struct referred_objects *referred_objs = carry_data;
 	add_preferred_base_object(name);
-	add_object_entry(&obj->oid, obj->type, name, 0, referred_commit);
+	add_object_entry(&obj->oid, obj->type, name, 0, referred_objs);
 	obj->flags |= OBJECT_ADDED;
 
 	if (use_delta_islands) {
diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index 968d842ceb..49f177cb56 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static void process_blob(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 			 struct blob *blob,
 			 struct strbuf *path,
 			 const char *name,
-			 struct object *referred_commit)
+			 struct referred_objects *referred_objs)
 {
 	struct object *obj = &blob->object;
 	size_t pathlen;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void process_blob(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 	if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
 		obj->flags |= SEEN;
 	if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
-		ctx->show_object(obj, path->buf, ctx->show_data, referred_commit);
+		ctx->show_object(obj, path->buf, ctx->show_data, referred_objs);
 	strbuf_setlen(path, pathlen);
 }
 
@@ -99,19 +99,22 @@ static void process_tree(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 			 struct tree *tree,
 			 struct strbuf *base,
 			 const char *name,
-			 struct object *referred_commit);
+			 struct referred_objects *referred_objs);
 
 static void process_tree_contents(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 				  struct tree *tree,
 				  struct strbuf *base,
-				  struct object *referred_commit)
+				  struct referred_objects *referred_objs)
 {
 	struct tree_desc desc;
 	struct name_entry entry;
 	enum interesting match = ctx->revs->diffopt.pathspec.nr == 0 ?
 		all_entries_interesting : entry_not_interesting;
+	struct referred_objects *referred_buf;
 
 	init_tree_desc(&desc, tree->buffer, tree->size);
+	referred_buf = xmemdupz(referred_objs, sizeof(struct referred_objects));
+	object_list_insert(&tree->object, &referred_buf->trees);
 
 	while (tree_entry(&desc, &entry)) {
 		if (match != all_entries_interesting) {
@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ static void process_tree_contents(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 				    entry.path, oid_to_hex(&tree->object.oid));
 			}
 			t->object.flags |= NOT_USER_GIVEN;
-			process_tree(ctx, t, base, entry.path, referred_commit);
+			process_tree(ctx, t, base, entry.path, referred_buf);
 		}
 		else if (S_ISGITLINK(entry.mode))
 			process_gitlink(ctx, entry.oid.hash,
@@ -145,16 +148,17 @@ static void process_tree_contents(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 				    entry.path, oid_to_hex(&tree->object.oid));
 			}
 			b->object.flags |= NOT_USER_GIVEN;
-			process_blob(ctx, b, base, entry.path, referred_commit);
+			process_blob(ctx, b, base, entry.path, referred_buf);
 		}
 	}
+	free(referred_buf);
 }
 
 static void process_tree(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 			 struct tree *tree,
 			 struct strbuf *base,
 			 const char *name,
-			 struct object *referred_commit)
+			 struct referred_objects *referred_objs)
 {
 	struct object *obj = &tree->object;
 	struct rev_info *revs = ctx->revs;
@@ -195,14 +199,14 @@ static void process_tree(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 	if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
 		obj->flags |= SEEN;
 	if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
-		ctx->show_object(obj, base->buf, ctx->show_data, referred_commit);
+		ctx->show_object(obj, base->buf, ctx->show_data, referred_objs);
 	if (base->len)
 		strbuf_addch(base, '/');
 
 	if (r & LOFR_SKIP_TREE)
 		trace_printf("Skipping contents of tree %s...\n", base->buf);
 	else if (!failed_parse)
-		process_tree_contents(ctx, tree, base, referred_commit);
+		process_tree_contents(ctx, tree, base, referred_objs);
 
 	r = list_objects_filter__filter_object(ctx->revs->repo,
 					       LOFS_END_TREE, obj,
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ static void process_tree(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 	if (r & LOFR_MARK_SEEN)
 		obj->flags |= SEEN;
 	if (r & LOFR_DO_SHOW)
-		ctx->show_object(obj, base->buf, ctx->show_data, referred_commit);
+		ctx->show_object(obj, base->buf, ctx->show_data, referred_objs);
 
 	strbuf_setlen(base, baselen);
 	free_tree_buffer(tree);
@@ -333,24 +337,24 @@ static void traverse_trees_and_blobs(struct traversal_context *ctx,
 	for (i = 0; i < ctx->revs->pending.nr; i++) {
 		struct object_array_entry *pending = ctx->revs->pending.objects + i;
 		struct object *obj = pending->item;
-		struct object *referred_commit = pending->referred_commit;
+		struct referred_objects *referred_objs = pending->referred_objects;
 		const char *name = pending->name;
 		const char *path = pending->path;
 		if (obj->flags & (UNINTERESTING | SEEN))
 			continue;
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
 			obj->flags |= SEEN;
-			ctx->show_object(obj, name, ctx->show_data, referred_commit);
+			ctx->show_object(obj, name, ctx->show_data, referred_objs);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!path)
 			path = "";
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_TREE) {
-			process_tree(ctx, (struct tree *)obj, base, path, referred_commit);
+			process_tree(ctx, (struct tree *)obj, base, path, referred_objs);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) {
-			process_blob(ctx, (struct blob *)obj, base, path, referred_commit);
+			process_blob(ctx, (struct blob *)obj, base, path, referred_objs);
 			continue;
 		}
 		die("unknown pending object %s (%s)",
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 6b1ce2fcde..69ba0baf95 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ void add_object_array_with_path_and_referred_commit(struct object *obj, const ch
 	unsigned alloc = array->alloc;
 	struct object_array_entry *objects = array->objects;
 	struct object_array_entry *entry;
+	struct referred_objects *referred_objs = xmalloc(sizeof(struct referred_objects));
 
 	if (nr >= alloc) {
 		alloc = (alloc + 32) * 2;
@@ -338,9 +339,11 @@ void add_object_array_with_path_and_referred_commit(struct object *obj, const ch
 		array->alloc = alloc;
 		array->objects = objects;
 	}
+	referred_objs->commit = referred_commit;
+	referred_objs->trees = NULL;
 	entry = &objects[nr];
 	entry->item = obj;
-	entry->referred_commit = referred_commit;
+	entry->referred_objects = referred_objs;
 	if (!name)
 		entry->name = NULL;
 	else if (!*name)
@@ -377,6 +380,7 @@ static void object_array_release_entry(struct object_array_entry *ent)
 	if (ent->name != object_array_slopbuf)
 		free(ent->name);
 	free(ent->path);
+	free(ent->referred_objects);
 }
 
 struct object *object_array_pop(struct object_array *array)
diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index d63819ab91..3785546adf 100644
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -52,12 +52,23 @@ struct object_array {
 		char *name;
 		char *path;
 		unsigned mode;
-		struct object *referred_commit;
+		 /*
+		 * referred_objects or NULL.  If non-NULL, it will
+		 * temporary storage the referred commit and trees when
+		 * traversing the specified object. Space for time,
+		 * reduce related computing costs (such as packfile-uri
+		 * exclusion), clean up when the traversal is over.
+		 */
+		struct referred_objects *referred_objects;
 	} *objects;
 };
 
 #define OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT { 0, 0, NULL }
 
+struct referred_objects{
+    struct object *commit;
+    struct object_list *trees;
+};
 /*
  * object flag allocation:
  * revision.h:               0---------10         15             23------26
