diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 62fdc5492b..f77f9e9447 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t* data, struct diff_options *options)
 			total = add + del;
 		}
 		show_name(options->file, prefix, name, len, reset, set);
-		fprintf(options->file, "%5d ", added + deleted);
+		fprintf(options->file, "%5d%s", added + deleted,
+				added + deleted ? " " : "");
 		show_graph(options->file, '+', add, add_c, reset);
 		show_graph(options->file, '-', del, del_c, reset);
 		fprintf(options->file, "\n");
diff --git a/t/t4016-diff-quote.sh b/t/t4016-diff-quote.sh
index 0950250c9b..f07035ab7e 100755
--- a/t/t4016-diff-quote.sh
+++ b/t/t4016-diff-quote.sh
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ test_expect_success 'git diff --summary -M HEAD' '
 '
 
 cat >expect <<\EOF
- pathname.1 => "Rpathname\twith HT.0"            |    0 
- pathname.3 => "Rpathname\nwith LF.0"            |    0 
- "pathname\twith HT.3" => "Rpathname\nwith LF.1" |    0 
- pathname.2 => Rpathname with SP.0               |    0 
- "pathname\twith HT.2" => Rpathname with SP.1    |    0 
- pathname.0 => Rpathname.0                       |    0 
- "pathname\twith HT.0" => Rpathname.1            |    0 
+ pathname.1 => "Rpathname\twith HT.0"            |    0
+ pathname.3 => "Rpathname\nwith LF.0"            |    0
+ "pathname\twith HT.3" => "Rpathname\nwith LF.1" |    0
+ pathname.2 => Rpathname with SP.0               |    0
+ "pathname\twith HT.2" => Rpathname with SP.1    |    0
+ pathname.0 => Rpathname.0                       |    0
+ "pathname\twith HT.0" => Rpathname.1            |    0
  7 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 EOF
 test_expect_success 'git diff --stat -M HEAD' '