diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 26cf6785918..375a0d33022 100644
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -175,10 +175,8 @@ static int builtin_diff_combined(struct rev_info *revs,
 	if (!revs->dense_combined_merges && !revs->combine_merges)
 		revs->dense_combined_merges = revs->combine_merges = 1;
 	parent = xmalloc(ents * sizeof(*parent));
-	/* Again, the revs are all reverse */
 	for (i = 0; i < ents; i++)
-		hashcpy((unsigned char *)(parent + i),
-			ent[ents - 1 - i].item->sha1);
+		hashcpy((unsigned char *)(parent + i), ent[i].item->sha1);
 	diff_tree_combined(parent[0], parent + 1, ents - 1,
 			   revs->dense_combined_merges, revs);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
index 9337b81064b..99d9e0ba130 100755
--- a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
+++ b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ diff --patch-with-stat -r initial..side
 diff --patch-with-raw -r initial..side
 diff --name-status dir2 dir
 diff --no-index --name-status dir2 dir
+diff master master^ side
 EOF
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t4013/diff.diff_master_master^_side b/t/t4013/diff.diff_master_master^_side
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50ec9cadd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4013/diff.diff_master_master^_side
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+$ git diff master master^ side
+diff --cc dir/sub
+index cead32e,7289e35..992913c
+--- a/dir/sub
++++ b/dir/sub
+@@@ -1,6 -1,4 +1,8 @@@
+  A
+  B
+ +C
+ +D
+ +E
+ +F
++ 1
++ 2
+diff --cc file0
+index b414108,f4615da..10a8a9f
+--- a/file0
++++ b/file0
+@@@ -1,6 -1,6 +1,9 @@@
+  1
+  2
+  3
+ +4
+ +5
+ +6
++ A
++ B
++ C
+$