diff --git a/src/restic/archiver/archiver.go b/src/restic/archiver/archiver.go
index 99c91a394..30decd1d9 100644
--- a/src/restic/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/src/restic/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"restic/errors"
+	"restic/walk"
 
 	"restic/debug"
 	"restic/fs"
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@ func (arch *Archiver) dirWorker(wg *sync.WaitGroup, p *restic.Progress, done <-c
 }
 
 type archivePipe struct {
-	Old <-chan restic.WalkTreeJob
+	Old <-chan walk.TreeJob
 	New <-chan pipe.Job
 }
 
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ func copyJobs(done <-chan struct{}, in <-chan pipe.Job, out chan<- pipe.Job) {
 
 type archiveJob struct {
 	hasOld bool
-	old    restic.WalkTreeJob
+	old    walk.TreeJob
 	new    pipe.Job
 }
 
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ func (a *archivePipe) compare(done <-chan struct{}, out chan<- pipe.Job) {
 	var (
 		loadOld, loadNew bool = true, true
 		ok               bool
-		oldJob           restic.WalkTreeJob
+		oldJob           walk.TreeJob
 		newJob           pipe.Job
 	)
 
@@ -667,12 +668,12 @@ func (arch *Archiver) Snapshot(p *restic.Progress, paths []string, parentID *res
 		}
 
 		// start walker on old tree
-		ch := make(chan restic.WalkTreeJob)
-		go restic.WalkTree(arch.repo, *parent.Tree, done, ch)
+		ch := make(chan walk.TreeJob)
+		go walk.Tree(arch.repo, *parent.Tree, done, ch)
 		jobs.Old = ch
 	} else {
 		// use closed channel
-		ch := make(chan restic.WalkTreeJob)
+		ch := make(chan walk.TreeJob)
 		close(ch)
 		jobs.Old = ch
 	}
diff --git a/src/restic/testdata/walktree-test-repo.tar.gz b/src/restic/walk/testdata/walktree-test-repo.tar.gz
similarity index 100%
rename from src/restic/testdata/walktree-test-repo.tar.gz
rename to src/restic/walk/testdata/walktree-test-repo.tar.gz
diff --git a/src/restic/walk.go b/src/restic/walk/walk.go
similarity index 76%
rename from src/restic/walk.go
rename to src/restic/walk/walk.go
index 1c8fa60b6..456c2b9be 100644
--- a/src/restic/walk.go
+++ b/src/restic/walk/walk.go
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
-package restic
+package walk
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"restic"
 	"sync"
 
 	"restic/debug"
 )
 
-// WalkTreeJob is a job sent from the tree walker.
-type WalkTreeJob struct {
+// TreeJob is a job sent from the tree walker.
+type TreeJob struct {
 	Path  string
 	Error error
 
-	Node *Node
-	Tree *Tree
+	Node *restic.Node
+	Tree *restic.Tree
 }
 
 // TreeWalker traverses a tree in the repository depth-first and sends a job
 // for each item (file or dir) that it encounters.
 type TreeWalker struct {
 	ch  chan<- loadTreeJob
-	out chan<- WalkTreeJob
+	out chan<- TreeJob
 }
 
 // NewTreeWalker uses ch to load trees from the repository and sends jobs to
 // out.
-func NewTreeWalker(ch chan<- loadTreeJob, out chan<- WalkTreeJob) *TreeWalker {
+func NewTreeWalker(ch chan<- loadTreeJob, out chan<- TreeJob) *TreeWalker {
 	return &TreeWalker{ch: ch, out: out}
 }
 
 // Walk starts walking the tree given by id. When the channel done is closed,
 // processing stops.
-func (tw *TreeWalker) Walk(path string, id ID, done chan struct{}) {
+func (tw *TreeWalker) Walk(path string, id restic.ID, done chan struct{}) {
 	debug.Log("TreeWalker.Walk", "starting on tree %v for %v", id.Str(), path)
 	defer debug.Log("TreeWalker.Walk", "done walking tree %v for %v", id.Str(), path)
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (tw *TreeWalker) Walk(path string, id ID, done chan struct{}) {
 	res := <-resCh
 	if res.err != nil {
 		select {
-		case tw.out <- WalkTreeJob{Path: path, Error: res.err}:
+		case tw.out <- TreeJob{Path: path, Error: res.err}:
 		case <-done:
 			return
 		}
@@ -56,13 +57,13 @@ func (tw *TreeWalker) Walk(path string, id ID, done chan struct{}) {
 	tw.walk(path, res.tree, done)
 
 	select {
-	case tw.out <- WalkTreeJob{Path: path, Tree: res.tree}:
+	case tw.out <- TreeJob{Path: path, Tree: res.tree}:
 	case <-done:
 		return
 	}
 }
 
-func (tw *TreeWalker) walk(path string, tree *Tree, done chan struct{}) {
+func (tw *TreeWalker) walk(path string, tree *restic.Tree, done chan struct{}) {
 	debug.Log("TreeWalker.walk", "start on %q", path)
 	defer debug.Log("TreeWalker.walk", "done for %q", path)
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func (tw *TreeWalker) walk(path string, tree *Tree, done chan struct{}) {
 
 	for i, node := range tree.Nodes {
 		p := filepath.Join(path, node.Name)
-		var job WalkTreeJob
+		var job TreeJob
 
 		if node.Type == "dir" {
 			if results[i] == nil {
@@ -98,9 +99,9 @@ func (tw *TreeWalker) walk(path string, tree *Tree, done chan struct{}) {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error loading tree: %v\n", res.err)
 			}
 
-			job = WalkTreeJob{Path: p, Tree: res.tree, Error: res.err}
+			job = TreeJob{Path: p, Tree: res.tree, Error: res.err}
 		} else {
-			job = WalkTreeJob{Path: p, Node: node}
+			job = TreeJob{Path: p, Node: node}
 		}
 
 		select {
@@ -112,16 +113,16 @@ func (tw *TreeWalker) walk(path string, tree *Tree, done chan struct{}) {
 }
 
 type loadTreeResult struct {
-	tree *Tree
+	tree *restic.Tree
 	err  error
 }
 
 type loadTreeJob struct {
-	id  ID
+	id  restic.ID
 	res chan<- loadTreeResult
 }
 
-type treeLoader func(ID) (*Tree, error)
+type treeLoader func(restic.ID) (*restic.Tree, error)
 
 func loadTreeWorker(wg *sync.WaitGroup, in <-chan loadTreeJob, load treeLoader, done <-chan struct{}) {
 	debug.Log("loadTreeWorker", "start")
@@ -157,15 +158,15 @@ func loadTreeWorker(wg *sync.WaitGroup, in <-chan loadTreeJob, load treeLoader,
 
 const loadTreeWorkers = 10
 
-// WalkTree walks the tree specified by id recursively and sends a job for each
+// Tree walks the tree specified by id recursively and sends a job for each
 // file and directory it finds. When the channel done is closed, processing
 // stops.
-func WalkTree(repo TreeLoader, id ID, done chan struct{}, jobCh chan<- WalkTreeJob) {
+func Tree(repo restic.TreeLoader, id restic.ID, done chan struct{}, jobCh chan<- TreeJob) {
 	debug.Log("WalkTree", "start on %v, start workers", id.Str())
 
-	load := func(id ID) (*Tree, error) {
-		tree := &Tree{}
-		err := repo.LoadJSONPack(TreeBlob, id, tree)
+	load := func(id restic.ID) (*restic.Tree, error) {
+		tree := &restic.Tree{}
+		err := repo.LoadJSONPack(restic.TreeBlob, id, tree)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/src/restic/walk_test.go b/src/restic/walk/walk_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from src/restic/walk_test.go
rename to src/restic/walk/walk_test.go
index 1edd052ba..1a33c0ca0 100644
--- a/src/restic/walk_test.go
+++ b/src/restic/walk/walk_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package restic_test
+package walk_test
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"restic/pipe"
 	"restic/repository"
 	. "restic/test"
+	"restic/walk"
 )
 
 func TestWalkTree(t *testing.T) {
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ func TestWalkTree(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 
 	// start tree walker
-	treeJobs := make(chan restic.WalkTreeJob)
-	go restic.WalkTree(repo, *sn.Tree, done, treeJobs)
+	treeJobs := make(chan walk.TreeJob)
+	go walk.Tree(repo, *sn.Tree, done, treeJobs)
 
 	// start filesystem walker
 	fsJobs := make(chan pipe.Job)
@@ -1350,8 +1351,8 @@ func TestDelayedWalkTree(t *testing.T) {
 		dr := delayRepo{repo, 100 * time.Millisecond}
 
 		// start tree walker
-		treeJobs := make(chan restic.WalkTreeJob)
-		go restic.WalkTree(dr, root, nil, treeJobs)
+		treeJobs := make(chan walk.TreeJob)
+		go walk.Tree(dr, root, nil, treeJobs)
 
 		i := 0
 		for job := range treeJobs {
@@ -1382,8 +1383,8 @@ func BenchmarkDelayedWalkTree(t *testing.B) {
 
 		for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
 			// start tree walker
-			treeJobs := make(chan restic.WalkTreeJob)
-			go restic.WalkTree(dr, root, nil, treeJobs)
+			treeJobs := make(chan walk.TreeJob)
+			go walk.Tree(dr, root, nil, treeJobs)
 
 			for _ = range treeJobs {
 			}