diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 27a182bfaa..a5d612655f 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int gitdiff_hdrend(const char *line, struct patch *patch)
 static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const char *line, int isnull, char *orig_name, const char *oldnew)
 {
 	if (!orig_name && !isnull)
-		return find_name(line, NULL, 1, TERM_TAB);
+		return find_name(line, NULL, p_value, TERM_TAB);
 
 	if (orig_name) {
 		int len;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const char *line, int isnull, char *orig_name,
 		len = strlen(name);
 		if (isnull)
 			die("git-apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null, got %s on line %d", name, linenr);
-		another = find_name(line, NULL, 1, TERM_TAB);
+		another = find_name(line, NULL, p_value, TERM_TAB);
 		if (!another || memcmp(another, name, len))
 			die("git-apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent %s filename on line %d", oldnew, linenr);
 		free(another);
diff --git a/t/t4120-apply-popt.sh b/t/t4120-apply-popt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2f672f30d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4120-apply-popt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Shawn O. Pearce
+#
+
+test_description='git-apply -p handling.'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	mkdir sub &&
+	echo A >sub/file1 &&
+	cp sub/file1 file1 &&
+	git add sub/file1 &&
+	echo B >sub/file1 &&
+	git diff >patch.file &&
+	rm sub/file1 &&
+	rmdir sub
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'apply git diff with -p2' '
+	git apply -p2 patch.file
+'
+
+test_done