diff --git a/commands/command_fsck.go b/commands/command_fsck.go
index 8f5e8841..afb615a4 100644
--- a/commands/command_fsck.go
+++ b/commands/command_fsck.go
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ func doFsck() (bool, error) {
 	// All we care about is the pointer OID and file name
 	pointerIndex := make(map[string]string)
 
-	pointerCh, err := lfs.ScanRefsToChan(ref.Sha, "", nil)
+	gitscanner := lfs.NewGitScanner()
+	pointerCh, err := gitscanner.ScanRefWithDeleted(ref.Sha)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
diff --git a/commands/command_status.go b/commands/command_status.go
index 6bfa3f60..950ed32b 100644
--- a/commands/command_status.go
+++ b/commands/command_status.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ func statusCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	// tolerate errors getting ref so this works before first commit
 	ref, _ := git.CurrentRef()
 
+	gitscanner := lfs.NewGitScanner()
+
 	scanIndexAt := "HEAD"
 	if ref == nil {
 		scanIndexAt = git.RefBeforeFirstCommit
@@ -47,8 +49,7 @@ func statusCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		remoteRef, err := git.CurrentRemoteRef()
 		if err == nil {
-
-			pointerCh, err := lfs.ScanRefsToChan(ref.Sha, "^"+remoteRef.Sha, nil)
+			pointerCh, err := gitscanner.ScanRefRange(ref.Sha, "^"+remoteRef.Sha)
 			if err != nil {
 				Panic(err, "Could not scan for Git LFS objects")
 			}
diff --git a/lfs/gitscanner.go b/lfs/gitscanner.go
index 77f27ded..7ac6bab9 100644
--- a/lfs/gitscanner.go
+++ b/lfs/gitscanner.go
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ func NewGitScanner() *GitScanner {
 	return &GitScanner{}
 }
 
+func (s *GitScanner) ScanRefRange(left, right string) (*PointerChannelWrapper, error) {
+	opts := NewScanRefsOptions()
+	opts.ScanMode = ScanRefsMode
+	opts.SkipDeletedBlobs = false
+	return ScanRefsToChan(left, right, opts)
+}
+
+func (s *GitScanner) ScanRefWithDeleted(ref string) (*PointerChannelWrapper, error) {
+	return s.ScanRefRange(ref, "")
+}
+
 func (s *GitScanner) ScanRef(ref string) (*PointerChannelWrapper, error) {
 	opts := NewScanRefsOptions()
 	opts.ScanMode = ScanRefsMode