diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ class unfilteredpropertycache(propertyca
     """propertycache that apply to unfiltered repo only"""
 
     def __get__(self, repo, type=None):
-        return super(unfilteredpropertycache, self).__get__(repo.unfiltered())
+        unfi = repo.unfiltered()
+        if unfi is repo:
+            return super(unfilteredpropertycache, self).__get__(unfi)
+        return getattr(unfi, self.name)
 
 class filteredpropertycache(propertycache):
     """propertycache that must take filtering in account"""
diff --git a/tests/test-propertycache.py b/tests/test-propertycache.py
--- a/tests/test-propertycache.py
+++ b/tests/test-propertycache.py
@@ -24,8 +24,19 @@ def testcachedfoobar(repo):
     calllog.append(val)
     return val
 
+unficalllog = []
+@mercurial.localrepo.unfilteredpropertycache
+def testcachedunfifoobar(repo):
+    name = repo.filtername
+    if name is None:
+        name = ''
+    val = 100 + len(name)
+    unficalllog.append(val)
+    return val
+
 #plug them on repo
 mercurial.localrepo.localrepository.testcachedfoobar = testcachedfoobar
+mercurial.localrepo.localrepository.testcachedunfifoobar = testcachedunfifoobar
 
 
 # create an empty repo. and instanciate it. It is important to run
@@ -92,3 +103,77 @@ print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedf
 print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
 print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedfoobar', 'NOCACHE')
 
+# unfiltered property cache test
+print ''
+print ''
+print '=== unfiltered property cache ==='
+print ''
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("visible" view):  ',
+print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
+print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+
+print ''
+print '= first access on unfiltered, should do a call'
+print 'access (unfiltered):', repo.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+
+print ''
+print '= second access on unfiltered, should not do call'
+print 'access (unfiltered):', repo.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+
+print ''
+print '= access on view should use the unfiltered cache'
+print 'access (unfiltered):      ', repo.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'access ("visible" view):  ', visibleview.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'access ("immutable" view):', immutableview.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("visible" view):  ',
+print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
+print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+
+print ''
+print '= even if we clear the unfiltered cache'
+del repo.__dict__['testcachedunfifoobar']
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("visible" view):  ',
+print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
+print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'access ("visible" view):  ', visibleview.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("visible" view):  ',
+print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
+print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'access ("immutable" view):', immutableview.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("visible" view):  ',
+print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
+print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'access (unfiltered):      ', repo.testcachedunfifoobar
+print 'unficalllog:', unficalllog
+print 'cached value (unfiltered):      ',
+print vars(repo).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("visible" view):  ',
+print vars(visibleview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
+print 'cached value ("immutable" view):',
+print vars(immutableview).get('testcachedunfifoobar', 'NOCACHE')
diff --git a/tests/test-propertycache.py.out b/tests/test-propertycache.py.out
--- a/tests/test-propertycache.py.out
+++ b/tests/test-propertycache.py.out
@@ -34,3 +34,51 @@ calllog: [0, 7, 9]
 cached value (unfiltered): 0
 cached value ("visible" view): 7
 cached value ("immutable" view): 9
+
+
+=== unfiltered property cache ===
+
+unficalllog: []
+cached value (unfiltered):       NOCACHE
+cached value ("visible" view):   NOCACHE
+cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
+
+= first access on unfiltered, should do a call
+access (unfiltered): 100
+unficalllog: [100]
+cached value (unfiltered):       100
+
+= second access on unfiltered, should not do call
+access (unfiltered): 100
+unficalllog: [100]
+cached value (unfiltered):       100
+
+= access on view should use the unfiltered cache
+access (unfiltered):       100
+access ("visible" view):   100
+access ("immutable" view): 100
+unficalllog: [100]
+cached value (unfiltered):       100
+cached value ("visible" view):   NOCACHE
+cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
+
+= even if we clear the unfiltered cache
+cached value (unfiltered):       NOCACHE
+cached value ("visible" view):   NOCACHE
+cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
+unficalllog: [100]
+access ("visible" view):   100
+unficalllog: [100, 100]
+cached value (unfiltered):       100
+cached value ("visible" view):   NOCACHE
+cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
+access ("immutable" view): 100
+unficalllog: [100, 100]
+cached value (unfiltered):       100
+cached value ("visible" view):   NOCACHE
+cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE
+access (unfiltered):       100
+unficalllog: [100, 100]
+cached value (unfiltered):       100
+cached value ("visible" view):   NOCACHE
+cached value ("immutable" view): NOCACHE