diff --git a/cli/src/commands/status.rs b/cli/src/commands/status.rs
index d469aa75e..28d305e0d 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/status.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/status.rs
@@ -95,14 +95,16 @@ pub(crate) fn cmd_status(
 
         let wc_revset = RevsetExpression::commit(wc_commit.id().clone());
         // Ancestors with conflicts, excluding the current working copy commit.
-        let ancestors_conflicts = RevsetExpression::filter(RevsetFilterPredicate::HasConflict)
-            .intersection(&wc_revset.ancestors())
-            .minus(&wc_revset)
-            .minus(&revset_util::parse_immutable_expression(
-                &workspace_command.revset_parse_context(),
-            )?)
-            .evaluate_programmatic(repo.as_ref())?
-            .iter()
+        let ancestors_conflicts = workspace_command
+            .attach_revset_evaluator(
+                RevsetExpression::filter(RevsetFilterPredicate::HasConflict)
+                    .intersection(&wc_revset.ancestors())
+                    .minus(&wc_revset)
+                    .minus(&revset_util::parse_immutable_expression(
+                        &workspace_command.revset_parse_context(),
+                    )?),
+            )?
+            .evaluate_to_commit_ids()?
             .collect();
         workspace_command.report_repo_conflicts(formatter, repo, ancestors_conflicts)?;
     } else {