diff --git a/swh/model/from_disk.py b/swh/model/from_disk.py
--- a/swh/model/from_disk.py
+++ b/swh/model/from_disk.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020 The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
             return DiskBackedContent.from_dict(data)
 
 
-def accept_all_directories(dirname, entries):
+def accept_all_directories(dirname, entries, *args):
     """Default filter for :func:`Directory.from_disk` accepting all
     directories
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
     return True
 
 
-def ignore_empty_directories(dirname, entries):
+def ignore_empty_directories(dirname, entries, *args):
     """Filter for :func:`directory_to_objects` ignoring empty directories
 
     Args:
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@
           max_content_length (Optional[int]): if given, all contents larger
             than this will be skipped.
         """
-
         top_path = path
         dirs = {}
 
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@
                         path=path, max_content_length=max_content_length)
                     entries[name] = content
                 else:
-                    if dir_filter(name, dirs[path].entries):
+                    if dir_filter(name, dirs[path].entries, path):
                         entries[name] = dirs[path]
 
             dirs[root] = cls({'name': os.path.basename(root)})