diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 048ed53c2f..a5cabf79ea 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2275,6 +2275,7 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(struct diff_options *opt,
 	unsigned mode;
 	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
 
+	read_cache();
 	time(&now);
 	commit = alloc_commit_node();
 	commit->object.parsed = 1;
diff --git a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
index 16f1442c1e..b8128b6334 100755
--- a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
+++ b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
@@ -212,4 +212,18 @@ test_expect_success 'blame file with CRLF attributes text' '
 	grep "A U Thor" actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'blame file with CRLF core.autocrlf=true' '
+	git config core.autocrlf false &&
+	printf "testcase\r\n" >crlfinrepo &&
+	>.gitattributes &&
+	git add crlfinrepo &&
+	git commit -m "add crlfinrepo" &&
+	git config core.autocrlf true &&
+	mv crlfinrepo tmp &&
+	git checkout crlfinrepo &&
+	rm tmp &&
+	git blame crlfinrepo >actual &&
+	grep "A U Thor" actual
+'
+
 test_done