diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
index 14c53dd10..cb00fc83d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ else if (!entry.isSmudged())
 	 * @deprecated Use {@link #isModified(DirCacheEntry, boolean, ObjectReader)}
 	 */
 	public boolean isModified(DirCacheEntry entry, boolean forceContentCheck) {
-		return isModified(entry, false, null);
+		return isModified(entry, forceContentCheck, null);
 	}
 
 	/**