diff --git a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
index 4cae10a4c7f197..68c4a6c7366f86 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ proc apply_range_or_line {x y} {
 		set hh [$ui_diff get $i_l "$i_l + 1 lines"]
 		set hh [lindex [split $hh ,] 0]
 		set hln [lindex [split $hh -] 1]
+		set hln [lindex [split $hln " "] 0]
 
 		# There is a special situation to take care of. Consider this
 		# hunk: