diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/ActiveEnumeration.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/ActiveEnumeration.cs
index 6caa10785d..675c6d1bce 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/ActiveEnumeration.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/ActiveEnumeration.cs
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ namespace GVFS.Platform.Windows
 {
     public class ActiveEnumeration
     {
-        private static FileNamePatternMatcher doesPatternMatch = null;
+        private static FileNamePatternMatcher doesWildcardPatternMatch = null;
 
         // Use our own enumerator to avoid having to dispose anything
         private ProjectedFileInfoEnumerator fileInfoEnumerator;
+        private FileNamePatternMatcher doesPatternMatch;
 
         private string filterString = null;
 
@@ -36,12 +37,13 @@ public ProjectedFileInfo Current
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Sets the pattern matching delegate that will be used for file name comparisons
+        /// Sets the pattern matching delegate that will be used for file name comparisons when the filter
+        /// contains wildcards.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="patternMatcher">FileNamePatternMatcher to be used by ActiveEnumeration</param>
-        public static void SetPatternMatcher(FileNamePatternMatcher patternMatcher)
+        public static void SetWildcardPatternMatcher(FileNamePatternMatcher patternMatcher)
         {
-            doesPatternMatch = patternMatcher;
+            doesWildcardPatternMatch = patternMatcher;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -107,15 +109,31 @@ public string GetFilterString()
             return this.filterString;
         }
 
+        private static bool NameMatchesNoWildcardFilter(string name, string filter)
+        {
+            return string.Equals(name, filter, System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
         private void SaveFilter(string filter)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filter))
             {
                 this.filterString = string.Empty;
+                this.doesPatternMatch = null;
             }
             else
             {
                 this.filterString = filter;
+
+                if (ProjFS.Utils.DoesNameContainWildCards(this.filterString))
+                {
+                    this.doesPatternMatch = doesWildcardPatternMatch;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    this.doesPatternMatch = NameMatchesNoWildcardFilter;
+                }
+
                 if (this.IsCurrentValid && this.IsCurrentHidden())
                 {
                     this.MoveNext();
@@ -125,7 +143,12 @@ private void SaveFilter(string filter)
 
         private bool IsCurrentHidden()
         {
-            return !doesPatternMatch(this.Current.Name, this.GetFilterString());
+            if (this.doesPatternMatch == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return !this.doesPatternMatch(this.Current.Name, this.GetFilterString());
         }
 
         private void ResetEnumerator()
diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/WindowsFileSystemVirtualizer.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/WindowsFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
index de1963b994..a5d02a6f33 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/WindowsFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Windows/WindowsFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ private void InitializeEnumerationPatternMatcher()
 
             if (projFSPatternMatchingWorks)
             {
-                ActiveEnumeration.SetPatternMatcher(Utils.IsFileNameMatch);
+                ActiveEnumeration.SetWildcardPatternMatcher(Utils.IsFileNameMatch);
             }
             else
             {
-                ActiveEnumeration.SetPatternMatcher(InternalFileNameMatchesFilter);
+                ActiveEnumeration.SetWildcardPatternMatcher(InternalFileNameMatchesFilter);
             }
 
             this.Context.Tracer.RelatedEvent(
diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests.Windows/Windows/Virtualization/ActiveEnumerationTests.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests.Windows/Windows/Virtualization/ActiveEnumerationTests.cs
index f74f42815c..28e7de98f1 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests.Windows/Windows/Virtualization/ActiveEnumerationTests.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests.Windows/Windows/Virtualization/ActiveEnumerationTests.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ActiveEnumerationTests
 
         public ActiveEnumerationTests(PatternMatcherWrapper wrapper)
         {
-            ActiveEnumeration.SetPatternMatcher(wrapper.Matcher);
+            ActiveEnumeration.SetWildcardPatternMatcher(wrapper.Matcher);
         }
 
         public static object[] Runners