diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def linktousercache(repo, hash):
 
 def getstandinmatcher(repo, pats=[], opts={}):
     '''Return a match object that applies pats to the standin directory'''
-    standindir = repo.pathto(shortname)
+    standindir = repo.wjoin(shortname)
     if pats:
         # patterns supplied: search standin directory relative to current dir
         cwd = repo.getcwd()
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ def hgclone(orig, ui, opts, *args, **kwa
         # .hg/largefiles, and the standin matcher won't match anything anyway.)
         if 'largefiles' in repo.requirements:
             if opts.get('noupdate'):
-                util.makedirs(repo.pathto(lfutil.shortname))
+                util.makedirs(repo.wjoin(lfutil.shortname))
                 util.makedirs(repo.join(lfutil.longname))
 
         # Caching is implicitly limited to 'rev' option, since the dest repo was