diff --git a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
index 0d569862156d9e..72c8ffca077e10 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/diff.tcl
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ 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: