diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/ru
 checksum = "ee2a4ec343196209d6594e19543ae87a39f96d5534d7174822a3ad825dd6ed7e"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "739f4a8db6605981345c5654f3a85b056ce52f37a39d34da03f25bf2151ea16e"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -372,6 +378,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/ru
 checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7afe4a420e3fe79967a00898cc1f4db7c8a49a9333a29f8a4bd76a253d5cd04"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "rayon",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.1.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -398,6 +414,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "derive_more",
  "flate2",
  "format-bytes",
+ "hashbrown",
  "home",
  "im-rc",
  "itertools",
diff --git a/rust/hg-core/Cargo.toml b/rust/hg-core/Cargo.toml
--- a/rust/hg-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/hg-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ bitflags = "1.2"
 bytes-cast = "0.2"
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 derive_more = "0.99"
+hashbrown = {version = "0.9.1", features = ["rayon"]}
 home = "0.5"
 im-rc = "15.0.*"
 itertools = "0.9"
diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use crate::DirstateError;
 use crate::DirstateParents;
 use crate::DirstateStatus;
 use crate::EntryState;
-use crate::FastHashMap;
+use crate::FastHashbrownMap as FastHashMap;
 use crate::PatternFileWarning;
 use crate::StatusError;
 use crate::StatusOptions;
@@ -585,13 +585,11 @@ impl<'on_disk> DirstateMap<'on_disk> {
             .next()
             .expect("expected at least one inclusive ancestor");
         loop {
-            // TODO: can we avoid allocating an owned key in cases where the
-            // map already contains that key, without introducing double
-            // lookup?
-            let child_node = child_nodes
+            let (_, child_node) = child_nodes
                 .make_mut(on_disk, unreachable_bytes)?
-                .entry(to_cow(ancestor_path))
-                .or_default();
+                .raw_entry_mut()
+                .from_key(ancestor_path.base_name())
+                .or_insert_with(|| (to_cow(ancestor_path), Node::default()));
             if let Some(next) = inclusive_ancestor_paths.next() {
                 each_ancestor(child_node);
                 ancestor_path = next;
diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/lib.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/lib.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ pub type LineNumber = usize;
 /// write access to your repository, you have other issues.
 pub type FastHashMap<K, V> = HashMap<K, V, RandomXxHashBuilder64>;
 
+// TODO: should this be the default `FastHashMap` for all of hg-core, not just
+// dirstate_tree? How does XxHash compare with AHash, hashbrown’s default?
+pub type FastHashbrownMap<K, V> =
+    hashbrown::HashMap<K, V, RandomXxHashBuilder64>;
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum DirstateMapError {
     PathNotFound(HgPathBuf),