diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index f5d1c628fc9..5e1909f061b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousForEachRefCmd(const QString &workingDirectory, QStrin
     QByteArray errorText;
     const bool rc = fullySynchronousGit(workingDirectory, args, &outputText, &errorText,
                                         VcsBasePlugin::SuppressCommandLogging);
-    *output = commandOutputFromLocal8Bit(outputText);
+    *output = Utils::SynchronousProcess::normalizeNewlines(QString::fromUtf8(outputText));
     if (!rc)
         msgCannotRun(args, workingDirectory, errorText, errorMessage);