diff --git a/contrib/git-jump/git-jump b/contrib/git-jump/git-jump
index 3f696759617beb..8d1d5d79a69854 100755
--- a/contrib/git-jump/git-jump
+++ b/contrib/git-jump/git-jump
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ open_editor() {
 mode_diff() {
 	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
 	perl -ne '
-	if (m{^\+\+\+ (.*)}) { $file = $1 eq "/dev/null" ? undef : $1; next }
+	if (m{^\+\+\+ (.*?)\t?$}) { $file = $1 eq "/dev/null" ? undef : $1; next }
 	defined($file) or next;
 	if (m/^@@ .*?\+(\d+)/) { $line = $1; next }
 	defined($line) or next;