diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 38c5ec057e..4b12d49986 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1411,6 +1411,7 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		s.prefix = prefix;
 
 	wt_status_print(&s);
+	enable_fscache(0);
 	return 0;
 }