diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidget.cpp
index fd8a43e9589..179a3fbf0d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -487,12 +487,14 @@ DiffEditorWidget::DiffEditorWidget(QWidget *parent)
     m_leftEditor->setHighlightCurrentLine(false);
     m_leftEditor->setWordWrapMode(QTextOption::NoWrap);
     m_leftEditor->setFontSettings(settings->fontSettings());
+    m_leftEditor->setCodeStyle(settings->codeStyle());
 
     m_rightEditor = new DiffViewEditorWidget(this);
     m_rightEditor->setReadOnly(true);
     m_rightEditor->setHighlightCurrentLine(false);
     m_rightEditor->setWordWrapMode(QTextOption::NoWrap);
     m_rightEditor->setFontSettings(settings->fontSettings());
+    m_rightEditor->setCodeStyle(settings->codeStyle());
 
     connect(m_leftEditor->verticalScrollBar(), SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)),
             this, SLOT(leftSliderChanged()));