1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 8746c60b9c..6954f992c2 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,8 @@ static void builtin_checkdiff(const char *name_a, const char *name_b,
 		ecb.priv = &data;
 		xdi_diff(&mf1, &mf2, &xpp, &xecfg, &ecb);
 
-		if (data.trailing_blanks_start) {
+		if ((data.ws_rule & WS_TRAILING_SPACE) &&
+		    data.trailing_blanks_start) {
 			fprintf(o->file, "%s:%d: ends with blank lines.\n",
 				data.filename, data.trailing_blanks_start);
 			data.status = 1; /* report errors */