diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index 23503d8266..c001761340 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -3206,21 +3206,23 @@ parse_diff_unified(
 xdiff_out(void *priv, mmbuffer_t *mb, int nbuf)
 {
     diffout_T	*dout = (diffout_T *)priv;
-    int		i;
     char_u	*p;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < nbuf; i++)
-    {
-	// We are only interested in the header lines, skip text lines.
-	if (STRNCMP(mb[i].ptr, "@@ ", 3)  != 0)
-	    continue;
-	if (ga_grow(&dout->dout_ga, 1) == FAIL)
-	    return -1;
-	p = vim_strnsave((char_u *)mb[i].ptr, mb[i].size);
-	if (p == NULL)
-	    return -1;
-	((char_u **)dout->dout_ga.ga_data)[dout->dout_ga.ga_len++] = p;
-    }
+    // The header line always comes by itself, text lines in at least two
+    // parts.  We drop the text part.
+    if (nbuf > 1)
+	return 0;
+
+    // sanity check
+    if (STRNCMP(mb[0].ptr, "@@ ", 3)  != 0)
+	return 0;
+
+    if (ga_grow(&dout->dout_ga, 1) == FAIL)
+	return -1;
+    p = vim_strnsave((char_u *)mb[0].ptr, mb[0].size);
+    if (p == NULL)
+	return -1;
+    ((char_u **)dout->dout_ga.ga_data)[dout->dout_ga.ga_len++] = p;
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_of_diff_01.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_of_diff_01.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e47a8675f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_of_diff_01.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|a+0#0000000#ffffff0@1| @32||+1&&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1>a+0#0000000#ffffff0@1| @32
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|b+0#0000000#ffffff0@1| @32||+1&&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|b+0#0000000#ffffff0@1| @32
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|c+0#0000000#ffffff0@1| @32||+1&&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|c+0#0000000#ffffff0@1| @32
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|-+0#4040ff13#afffff255@34||+1#0000000#ffffff0| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|@+0#0000000#5fd7ff255@1| |-|3|,|2| |+|5|,|7| |@@1| @19
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|-+0#4040ff13#afffff255@34||+1#0000000#ffffff0| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|d+0#0000000#5fd7ff255@1| @32
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|-+0#4040ff13#afffff255@34||+1#0000000#ffffff0| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|e+0#0000000#5fd7ff255@1| @32
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|-+0#4040ff13#afffff255@34||+1#0000000#ffffff0| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|f+0#0000000#5fd7ff255@1| @32
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33||+1#0000000&| +0#0000e05#a8a8a8255@1|~+0#4040ff13#ffffff0| @33
+|[+1#0000000&|N|o| |N|a|m|e|]| |[|+|]| @5|1|,|1| @11|A|l@1| |[+3&&|N|o| |N|a|m|e|]| |[|+|]| @5|1|,|1| @11|A|l@1
+| +0&&@74
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim b/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim
index 6a8bea0ec5..4f20395ab1 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim
@@ -885,3 +885,23 @@ func Test_diff_with_cursorline()
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
   call delete('Xtest_diff_cursorline')
 endfunc
+
+func Test_diff_of_diff()
+  if !CanRunVimInTerminal()
+    return
+  endif
+
+  call writefile([
+	\ 'call setline(1, ["aa","bb","cc","@@ -3,2 +5,7 @@","dd","ee","ff"])',
+	\ 'vnew',
+	\ 'call setline(1, ["aa","bb","cc"])',
+	\ 'windo diffthis',
+	\ ], 'Xtest_diff_diff')
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S Xtest_diff_diff', {})
+
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_diff_of_diff_01', {})
+
+  " clean up
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('Xtest_diff_diff')
+endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8819e360da..3a126261e5 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -807,6 +807,10 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    503,
+/**/
+    502,
 /**/
     501,
 /**/