diff --git a/fs/glob.ts b/fs/glob.ts
index 921c9b565b79..b4f060e7d425 100644
--- a/fs/glob.ts
+++ b/fs/glob.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ export async function* expandGlob(
   const globOptions: GlobOptions = { extended, globstar, strict };
   yield* walk(root, {
     match: [globToRegExp(absGlob, globOptions)],
-    skip: absExclude.map(
-      (s: string): RegExp => globToRegExp(s, { ...globOptions, flags: "g" })
-    ),
+    skip: absExclude.map((s: string): RegExp => globToRegExp(s, globOptions)),
     includeDirs
   });
 }
@@ -136,9 +134,7 @@ export function* expandGlobSync(
   const globOptions: GlobOptions = { extended, globstar, strict };
   yield* walkSync(root, {
     match: [globToRegExp(absGlob, globOptions)],
-    skip: absExclude.map(
-      (s: string): RegExp => globToRegExp(s, { ...globOptions, flags: "g" })
-    ),
+    skip: absExclude.map((s: string): RegExp => globToRegExp(s, globOptions)),
     includeDirs
   });
 }
diff --git a/fs/walk.ts b/fs/walk.ts
index d986ef47f5a4..c60230b33c34 100644
--- a/fs/walk.ts
+++ b/fs/walk.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export async function* walk(
   if (options.includeDirs && include(root, options)) {
     const rootInfo = await stat(root);
     yield { filename: root, info: rootInfo };
+  } else if (patternTest(options.skip || [], root)) {
+    return;
   }
   let ls: FileInfo[] = [];
   try {
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ export function* walkSync(
   if (options.includeDirs && include(root, options)) {
     const rootInfo = statSync(root);
     yield { filename: root, info: rootInfo };
+  } else if (patternTest(options.skip || [], root)) {
+    return;
   }
   let ls: FileInfo[] = [];
   try {