diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 78a486021a..22e0edac17 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -994,17 +994,20 @@ static void add_lines_to_move_detection(struct diff_options *o,
 }
 
 static void pmb_advance_or_null(struct diff_options *o,
-				struct moved_entry *match,
-				struct hashmap *hm,
+				struct emitted_diff_symbol *l,
 				struct moved_block *pmb,
 				int pmb_nr)
 {
 	int i;
+	unsigned flags = o->color_moved_ws_handling & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < pmb_nr; i++) {
 		struct moved_entry *prev = pmb[i].match;
 		struct moved_entry *cur = (prev && prev->next_line) ?
 				prev->next_line : NULL;
-		if (cur && !hm->cmpfn(o, &cur->ent, &match->ent, NULL)) {
+		if (cur && xdiff_compare_lines(cur->es->line, cur->es->len,
+						l->line, l->len,
+						flags)) {
 			pmb[i].match = cur;
 		} else {
 			pmb[i].match = NULL;
@@ -1195,7 +1198,7 @@ static void mark_color_as_moved(struct diff_options *o,
 		    COLOR_MOVED_WS_ALLOW_INDENTATION_CHANGE)
 			pmb_advance_or_null_multi_match(o, l, pmb, pmb_nr);
 		else
-			pmb_advance_or_null(o, match, hm, pmb, pmb_nr);
+			pmb_advance_or_null(o, l, pmb, pmb_nr);
 
 		pmb_nr = shrink_potential_moved_blocks(pmb, pmb_nr);