diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 7a1ff041f1..5b5bde4f39 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct image *img, struct fragment *frag,
 	if (applied_pos >= 0) {
 		if (ws_error_action == correct_ws_error &&
 		    new_blank_lines_at_end &&
-		    postimage.nr + applied_pos == img->nr) {
+		    preimage.nr + applied_pos == img->nr) {
 			/*
 			 * If the patch application adds blank lines
 			 * at the end, and if the patch applies at the
diff --git a/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh b/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh
index f83322e513..6898722f2e 100755
--- a/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh
+++ b/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh
@@ -148,4 +148,33 @@ do
 	done
 done
 
+
+test_expect_success 'blank at EOF with --whitespace=fix (1)' '
+	: these can fail depending on what we did before
+	git config --unset core.whitespace
+	rm -f .gitattributes
+
+	{ echo a; echo b; echo c; } >one &&
+	git add one &&
+	{ echo a; echo b; echo c; } >expect &&
+	{ cat expect; echo; } >one &&
+	git diff -- one >patch &&
+
+	git checkout one &&
+	git apply --whitespace=fix patch &&
+	test_cmp expect one
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'blank at EOF with --whitespace=fix (2)' '
+	{ echo a; echo b; echo c; } >one &&
+	git add one &&
+	{ echo a; echo c; } >expect &&
+	{ cat expect; echo; echo; } >one &&
+	git diff -- one >patch &&
+
+	git checkout one &&
+	git apply --whitespace=fix patch &&
+	test_cmp expect one
+'
+
 test_done