diff --git a/Command/Unused.hs b/Command/Unused.hs
index 5815bbf298..6737109f6f 100644
--- a/Command/Unused.hs
+++ b/Command/Unused.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import qualified Annex.Branch
 import Annex.CatFile
 import Types.Key
 import Git.FilePath
+import Logs.View (is_branchView)
 
 def :: [Command]
 def = [withOptions [unusedFromOption] $ command "unused" paramNothing seek
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ withKeysReferencedInGit a = do
 	ourbranchend = '/' : Git.fromRef Annex.Branch.name
 	ourbranches (_, b) = not (ourbranchend `isSuffixOf` b)
 		&& not ("refs/synced/" `isPrefixOf` b)
+		&& not (is_branchView (Git.Ref b))
 	addHead headRef refs = case headRef of
 		-- if HEAD diverges from all branches (except the branch it
 		-- points to), run the actions on staged keys (and keys
diff --git a/Logs/View.hs b/Logs/View.hs
index 79c2556b3b..b2a92c4057 100644
--- a/Logs/View.hs
+++ b/Logs/View.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module Logs.View (
 	removeView,
 	recentViews,
 	branchView,
+	is_branchView,
 	prop_branchView_legal,
 ) where
 
@@ -87,5 +88,10 @@ branchView view
 		| Git.Ref.legal True s = s
 		| otherwise = map (\c -> if isAlphaNum c then c else '_') s
 
+is_branchView :: Git.Branch -> Bool
+is_branchView (Ref b)
+	| b == branchViewPrefix = True
+	| otherwise = (branchViewPrefix ++ "/") `isPrefixOf` b
+
 prop_branchView_legal :: View -> Bool
 prop_branchView_legal = Git.Ref.legal False . fromRef . branchView
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1829325a32..0de7c25f83 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-annex (5.20140530) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     preferred content settings when enabling or combining with
     an already existing remote.
   * assistant: Make sanity checker tmp dir cleanup code more robust.
+  * unused: Avoid checking view branches for unused files.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 29 May 2014 20:10:59 -0400