diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/glob.js b/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
index a20ca9d2b26fb5..def75f85e17bb2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/glob.js
@@ -331,10 +331,7 @@ class Glob {
     const fullpath = resolve(this.#root, path);
 
     // If path is a directory, add trailing slash and test patterns again.
-    // TODO(Trott): Would running #isExcluded() first and checking isDirectory() only
-    // if it matches be more performant in the typical use case? #isExcluded()
-    // is often ()=>false which is about as optimizable as a function gets.
-    if (this.#cache.statSync(fullpath).isDirectory() && this.#isExcluded(`${fullpath}/`)) {
+    if (this.#isExcluded(`${fullpath}/`) && this.#cache.statSync(fullpath).isDirectory()) {
       return;
     }