diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py b/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfcommands.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ def _commitcontext(rdst, parents, ctx, d
     mctx = context.memctx(rdst, parents, ctx.description(), dstfiles,
                           getfilectx, ctx.user(), ctx.date(), ctx.extra())
     ret = rdst.commitctx(mctx)
+    lfutil.copyalltostore(rdst, ret)
     rdst.setparents(ret)
     revmap[ctx.node()] = rdst.changelog.tip()
 
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/lfutil.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def copyalltostore(repo, node):
 def copytostoreabsolute(repo, file, hash):
     if inusercache(repo.ui, hash):
         link(usercachepath(repo.ui, hash), storepath(repo, hash))
-    elif not getattr(repo, "_isconverting", False):
+    else:
         util.makedirs(os.path.dirname(storepath(repo, hash)))
         dst = util.atomictempfile(storepath(repo, hash),
                                   createmode=repo.store.createmode)
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ def markcommitted(orig, ctx, node):
             synclfdirstate(repo, lfdirstate, lfile, False)
     lfdirstate.write()
 
+    # As part of committing, copy all of the largefiles into the cache.
+    copyalltostore(repo, node)
+
 def getlfilestoupdate(oldstandins, newstandins):
     changedstandins = set(oldstandins).symmetric_difference(set(newstandins))
     filelist = []
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -1226,14 +1226,6 @@ def overridecat(orig, ui, repo, file1, *
         err = 0
     return err
 
-def mercurialsinkbefore(orig, sink):
-    sink.repo._isconverting = True
-    orig(sink)
-
-def mercurialsinkafter(orig, sink):
-    sink.repo._isconverting = False
-    orig(sink)
-
 def mergeupdate(orig, repo, node, branchmerge, force, partial,
                 *args, **kwargs):
     wlock = repo.wlock()
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py b/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/reposetup.py
@@ -241,11 +241,8 @@ def reposetup(ui, repo):
             self.lfstatus = True
             return scmutil.status(*result)
 
-        # As part of committing, copy all of the largefiles into the
-        # cache.
         def commitctx(self, ctx, *args, **kwargs):
             node = super(lfilesrepo, self).commitctx(ctx, *args, **kwargs)
-            lfutil.copyalltostore(self, node)
             class lfilesctx(ctx.__class__):
                 def markcommitted(self, node):
                     orig = super(lfilesctx, self).markcommitted
diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
@@ -174,10 +174,3 @@ def uisetup(ui):
         if name == 'transplant':
             extensions.wrapcommand(getattr(module, 'cmdtable'), 'transplant',
                 overrides.overridetransplant)
-        if name == 'convert':
-            convcmd = getattr(module, 'convcmd')
-            hgsink = getattr(convcmd, 'mercurial_sink')
-            extensions.wrapfunction(hgsink, 'before',
-                                    overrides.mercurialsinkbefore)
-            extensions.wrapfunction(hgsink, 'after',
-                                    overrides.mercurialsinkafter)
diff --git a/tests/test-largefiles-update.t b/tests/test-largefiles-update.t
--- a/tests/test-largefiles-update.t
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles-update.t
@@ -611,3 +611,16 @@ the working context)
 #endif
 
   $ cd ..
+
+Test that "hg convert" avoids copying largefiles from the working
+directory into store, because "hg convert" doesn't update largefiles
+in the working directory (removing files under ".cache/largefiles"
+forces "hg convert" to copy corresponding largefiles)
+
+  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
+  > [extensions]
+  > convert =
+  > EOF
+
+  $ rm $TESTTMP/.cache/largefiles/6a4f36d4075fbe0f30ec1d26ca44e63c05903671
+  $ hg convert -q repo repo.converted