diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 88c858f67c..e47ad878d8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ if ($chk_branch) {
 	my $num_patches = @patches;
 	for my $hash (@patches) {
 		my $FILE;
-		open($FILE, '-|', "git", "show", $hash) ||
+		open($FILE, '-|', "git", "show", "--patch-with-stat", $hash) ||
 			die "$P: git show $hash - $!\n";
 		while (<$FILE>) {
 			chomp;