diff -r ba6e14f9a2d8 -r 08346a8fa65f hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py	Wed Sep 06 08:22:54 2017 -0700
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py	Tue Sep 05 15:06:45 2017 -0700
@@ -422,14 +422,13 @@
     return ([], [])
 
 def downloadlfiles(ui, repo, rev=None):
-    matchfn = scmutil.match(repo[None],
-                            [repo.wjoin(lfutil.shortname)], {})
+    match = scmutil.match(repo[None], [repo.wjoin(lfutil.shortname)], {})
     def prepare(ctx, fns):
         pass
     totalsuccess = 0
     totalmissing = 0
     if rev != []: # walkchangerevs on empty list would return all revs
-        for ctx in cmdutil.walkchangerevs(repo, matchfn, {'rev' : rev},
+        for ctx in cmdutil.walkchangerevs(repo, match, {'rev' : rev},
                                           prepare):
             success, missing = cachelfiles(ui, repo, ctx.node())
             totalsuccess += len(success)