diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index d1bd534cae..abc32c8a7d 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
 			show_stats(&diffstat, options);
 		if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_SHORTSTAT)
 			show_shortstats(&diffstat, options);
-		if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIRSTAT)
+		if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_DIRSTAT && dirstat_by_line)
 			show_dirstat_by_line(&diffstat, options);
 		free_diffstat_info(&diffstat);
 		separator++;
diff --git a/t/t4047-diff-dirstat.sh b/t/t4047-diff-dirstat.sh
index ed7e093366..0d50dce97e 100755
--- a/t/t4047-diff-dirstat.sh
+++ b/t/t4047-diff-dirstat.sh
@@ -973,4 +973,18 @@ test_expect_success 'diff.dirstat=future_param,0,lines should warn, but still wo
 	test_i18ngrep -q "diff\\.dirstat" actual_error
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--shortstat --dirstat should output only one dirstat' '
+	git diff --shortstat --dirstat=changes HEAD^..HEAD >out &&
+	grep " dst/copy/changed/$" out >actual_diff_shortstat_dirstat_changes &&
+	test_line_count = 1 actual_diff_shortstat_dirstat_changes &&
+
+	git diff --shortstat --dirstat=lines HEAD^..HEAD >out &&
+	grep " dst/copy/changed/$" out >actual_diff_shortstat_dirstat_lines &&
+	test_line_count = 1 actual_diff_shortstat_dirstat_lines &&
+
+	git diff --shortstat --dirstat=files HEAD^..HEAD >out &&
+	grep " dst/copy/changed/$" out >actual_diff_shortstat_dirstat_files &&
+	test_line_count = 1 actual_diff_shortstat_dirstat_files
+'
+
 test_done