diff --git a/src/borg/constants.py b/src/borg/constants.py
index a1aa3da98..c2ebd4d7c 100644
--- a/src/borg/constants.py
+++ b/src/borg/constants.py
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ LIST_SCAN_LIMIT = 100000
 
 DEFAULT_SEGMENTS_PER_DIR = 1000
 
+# Some bounds on segment / segment_dir indexes
+MIN_SEGMENT_INDEX = 0
+MAX_SEGMENT_INDEX = 2**32 - 1
+MIN_SEGMENT_DIR_INDEX = 0
+MAX_SEGMENT_DIR_INDEX = 2**32 - 1
+
 FD_MAX_AGE = 4 * 60  # 4 minutes
 
 CHUNK_MIN_EXP = 19  # 2**19 == 512kiB
diff --git a/src/borg/repository.py b/src/borg/repository.py
index 61905b394..24079954c 100644
--- a/src/borg/repository.py
+++ b/src/borg/repository.py
@@ -1319,28 +1319,48 @@ class LoggedIO:
         safe_fadvise(fd.fileno(), 0, 0, 'DONTNEED')
         fd.close()
 
+    def get_segment_dirs(self, data_dir, start_index=MIN_SEGMENT_DIR_INDEX, end_index=MAX_SEGMENT_DIR_INDEX):
+        """Returns generator yielding required segment dirs in data_dir as `os.DirEntry` objects.
+        Start and end are inclusive.
+        """
+        segment_dirs = (
+            f
+            for f in os.scandir(data_dir)
+            if f.is_dir() and f.name.isdigit() and start_index <= int(f.name) <= end_index
+        )
+        return segment_dirs
+
+    def get_segment_files(self, segment_dir, start_index=MIN_SEGMENT_INDEX, end_index=MAX_SEGMENT_INDEX):
+        """Returns generator yielding required segment files in segment_dir as `os.DirEntry` objects.
+        Start and end are inclusive.
+        """
+        segment_files = (
+            f
+            for f in os.scandir(segment_dir)
+            if f.is_file() and f.name.isdigit() and start_index <= int(f.name) <= end_index
+        )
+        return segment_files
+
     def segment_iterator(self, segment=None, reverse=False):
         if segment is None:
-            segment = 0 if not reverse else 2 ** 32 - 1
-        data_path = os.path.join(self.path, 'data')
+            segment = MIN_SEGMENT_INDEX if not reverse else MAX_SEGMENT_INDEX
         start_segment_dir = segment // self.segments_per_dir
-        dirs = os.listdir(data_path)
+        data_path = os.path.join(self.path, 'data')
         if not reverse:
-            dirs = [dir for dir in dirs if dir.isdigit() and int(dir) >= start_segment_dir]
+            dirs = self.get_segment_dirs(data_path, start_index=start_segment_dir)
         else:
-            dirs = [dir for dir in dirs if dir.isdigit() and int(dir) <= start_segment_dir]
-        dirs = sorted(dirs, key=int, reverse=reverse)
+            dirs = self.get_segment_dirs(data_path, end_index=start_segment_dir)
+        dirs = sorted(dirs, key=lambda dir: int(dir.name), reverse=reverse)
         for dir in dirs:
-            filenames = os.listdir(os.path.join(data_path, dir))
             if not reverse:
-                filenames = [filename for filename in filenames if filename.isdigit() and int(filename) >= segment]
+                files = self.get_segment_files(dir, start_index=segment)
             else:
-                filenames = [filename for filename in filenames if filename.isdigit() and int(filename) <= segment]
-            filenames = sorted(filenames, key=int, reverse=reverse)
-            for filename in filenames:
+                files = self.get_segment_files(dir, end_index=segment)
+            files = sorted(files, key=lambda file: int(file.name), reverse=reverse)
+            for file in files:
                 # Note: Do not filter out logically deleted segments  (see "File system interaction" above),
                 # since this is used by cleanup and txn state detection as well.
-                yield int(filename), os.path.join(data_path, dir, filename)
+                yield int(file.name), file.path
 
     def get_latest_segment(self):
         for segment, filename in self.segment_iterator(reverse=True):