diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorplugin.cpp
index 4b99681e88d..6c6346998a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ void DiffEditor::Internal::DiffEditorPlugin::testReadPatch()
             QCOMPARE(resultChunkData.leftStartingLineNumber, origChunkData.leftStartingLineNumber);
             QCOMPARE(resultChunkData.rightStartingLineNumber, origChunkData.rightStartingLineNumber);
             QCOMPARE(resultChunkData.contextChunk, origChunkData.contextChunk);
-            QEXPECT_FAIL("2 chunks - first ends with blank line", "QTCREATORBUG-12665", Abort);
             QCOMPARE(resultChunkData.rows.count(), origChunkData.rows.count());
             for (int k = 0; k < origChunkData.rows.count(); k++) {
                 const RowData &origRowData = origChunkData.rows.at(k);
diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffutils.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffutils.cpp
index f975462c47e..af787f72ff8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffutils.cpp
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static QList<RowData> readLines(const QString &patch,
     } else {
         if (noNewLineInEqual >= 0) {
             removeNewLineFromLastEqual = true;
-        } else if (lastChunk) {
+        } else {
             if (lastEqual > lastDelete && lastEqual > lastInsert) {
                 removeNewLineFromLastEqual = true;
             } else if (lastDelete > lastEqual && lastDelete > lastInsert) {