diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index 4546abaaef..10c284d1aa 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ create_stash () {
 			git read-tree --index-output="$TMPindex" -m $i_tree &&
 			GIT_INDEX_FILE="$TMPindex" &&
 			export GIT_INDEX_FILE &&
-			git diff --name-only -z HEAD -- >"$TMP-stagenames" &&
+			git diff-index --name-only -z HEAD -- >"$TMP-stagenames" &&
 			git update-index -z --add --remove --stdin <"$TMP-stagenames" &&
 			git write-tree &&
 			rm -f "$TMPindex"
diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index e1a6ccc00c..2de3e18ce6 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -766,4 +766,13 @@ test_expect_success 'stash list --cc shows combined diff' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'stash is not confused by partial renames' '
+	mv file renamed &&
+	git add renamed &&
+	git stash &&
+	git stash apply &&
+	test_path_is_file renamed &&
+	test_path_is_missing file
+'
+
 test_done