1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 780c33877f..3c87c95967 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	init_diff_ui_defaults();
 	git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
-	precompose_argv(argc, argv);
+	prefix = precompose_argv_prefix(argc, argv, prefix);
 
 	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &rev, prefix);