1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index a83409944b..6da7bfd0c6 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -3673,6 +3673,7 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a,
 			emit_diff_symbol(o, DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILES,
 					 sb.buf, sb.len, 0);
 			strbuf_release(&sb);
+			o->found_changes = 1;
 			goto free_ab_and_return;
 		}
 		if (fill_mmfile(o->repo, &mf1, one) < 0 ||