diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp
index ffa5f480478..633f04db59a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -631,14 +631,14 @@ void SideBySideDiffEditorWidget::setCurrentDiffFileIndex(int diffFileIndex)
     QTextCursor leftCursor = m_leftEditor->textCursor();
     leftCursor.setPosition(leftBlock.position());
     m_leftEditor->setTextCursor(leftCursor);
+    m_leftEditor->verticalScrollBar()->setValue(blockNumber);
 
     QTextBlock rightBlock = m_rightEditor->document()->findBlockByNumber(blockNumber);
     QTextCursor rightCursor = m_rightEditor->textCursor();
     rightCursor.setPosition(rightBlock.position());
     m_rightEditor->setTextCursor(rightCursor);
+    m_rightEditor->verticalScrollBar()->setValue(blockNumber);
 
-    m_leftEditor->centerCursor();
-    m_rightEditor->centerCursor();
     m_ignoreCurrentIndexChange = oldIgnore;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp
index e94f21b2380..fbc3a220642 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QPlainTextDocumentLayout>
+#include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QTextBlock>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QPainter>
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ void UnifiedDiffEditorWidget::setCurrentDiffFileIndex(int diffFileIndex)
     QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
     cursor.setPosition(block.position());
     setTextCursor(cursor);
-    centerCursor();
+    verticalScrollBar()->setValue(blockNumber);
     m_ignoreCurrentIndexChange = oldIgnore;
 }