diff --git a/src/git/models/repository.ts b/src/git/models/repository.ts
index b240d2a..ed91f00 100644
--- a/src/git/models/repository.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/repository.ts
@@ -726,19 +726,21 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		await Container.context.workspaceState.update(WorkspaceState.StarredRepositories, starred);
 	}
 
-	startWatchingFileSystem() {
+	startWatchingFileSystem(): Disposable {
 		this._fsWatchCounter++;
-		if (this._fsWatcherDisposable != null) return;
+		if (this._fsWatcherDisposable == null) {
+			// TODO: createFileSystemWatcher doesn't work unless the folder is part of the workspaceFolders
+			// https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3025
+			const watcher = workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(new RelativePattern(this.folder, '**'));
+			this._fsWatcherDisposable = Disposable.from(
+				watcher,
+				watcher.onDidChange(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
+				watcher.onDidCreate(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
+				watcher.onDidDelete(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
+			);
+		}
 
-		// TODO: createFileSystemWatcher doesn't work unless the folder is part of the workspaceFolders
-		// https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3025
-		const watcher = workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(new RelativePattern(this.folder, '**'));
-		this._fsWatcherDisposable = Disposable.from(
-			watcher,
-			watcher.onDidChange(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
-			watcher.onDidCreate(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
-			watcher.onDidDelete(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
-		);
+		return { dispose: () => this.stopWatchingFileSystem() };
 	}
 
 	stopWatchingFileSystem() {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/fileHistoryNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/fileHistoryNode.ts
index 4094356..4f7f677 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/fileHistoryNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/fileHistoryNode.ts
@@ -132,11 +132,9 @@ export class FileHistoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode implements PageableVi
 		const subscription = Disposable.from(
 			repo.onDidChange(this.onRepoChanged, this),
 			repo.onDidChangeFileSystem(this.onRepoFileSystemChanged, this),
-			{ dispose: () => repo.stopWatchingFileSystem() },
+			repo.startWatchingFileSystem(),
 		);
 
-		repo.startWatchingFileSystem();
-
 		return subscription;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/lineHistoryNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/lineHistoryNode.ts
index 0286557..cc06271 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/lineHistoryNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/lineHistoryNode.ts
@@ -262,11 +262,9 @@ export class LineHistoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode implements PageableVi
 		const subscription = Disposable.from(
 			repo.onDidChange(this.onRepoChanged, this),
 			repo.onDidChangeFileSystem(this.onRepoFileSystemChanged, this),
-			{ dispose: () => repo.stopWatchingFileSystem() },
+			repo.startWatchingFileSystem(),
 		);
 
-		repo.startWatchingFileSystem();
-
 		return subscription;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/repositoryNode.ts b/src/views/nodes/repositoryNode.ts
index 075eb41..5dc219d 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/repositoryNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/repositoryNode.ts
@@ -248,11 +248,10 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends SubscribeableViewNode<RepositoriesView> {
 		// }
 
 		if (this.includeWorkingTree) {
-			disposables.push(this.repo.onDidChangeFileSystem(this.onFileSystemChanged, this), {
-				dispose: () => this.repo.stopWatchingFileSystem(),
-			});
-
-			this.repo.startWatchingFileSystem();
+			disposables.push(
+				this.repo.onDidChangeFileSystem(this.onFileSystemChanged, this),
+				this.repo.startWatchingFileSystem(),
+			);
 		}
 
 		return Disposable.from(...disposables);