diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 7c8146a7f3..2151c96c2a 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ static void numstat_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
 {
 	for ( ; patch; patch = patch->next) {
 		const char *name;
-		name = patch->old_name ? patch->old_name : patch->new_name;
+		name = patch->new_name ? patch->new_name : patch->old_name;
 		printf("%d\t%d\t", patch->lines_added, patch->lines_deleted);
 		if (line_termination && quote_c_style(name, NULL, NULL, 0))
 			quote_c_style(name, NULL, stdout, 0);