diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
index fa528f83107..f866647f9c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.cpp
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ void PatchTool::setPatchCommand(const FilePath &newCommand)
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
-bool PatchTool::confirmPatching(QWidget *parent, PatchAction patchAction)
+bool PatchTool::confirmPatching(QWidget *parent, PatchAction patchAction, bool isModified)
 {
     const QString title = patchAction == PatchAction::Apply ? Tr::tr("Apply Chunk")
                                                             : Tr::tr("Revert Chunk");
-    const QString question = patchAction == PatchAction::Apply
+    QString question = patchAction == PatchAction::Apply
             ? Tr::tr("Would you like to apply the chunk?")
             : Tr::tr("Would you like to revert the chunk?");
+    if (isModified)
+        question += "\n" + Tr::tr("Note: The file will be saved before this operation.");
     return QMessageBox::question(parent, title, question, QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No)
             == QMessageBox::Yes;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h
index 46c82f51345..c68689aae77 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/patchtool.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public:
     static Utils::FilePath patchCommand();
     static void setPatchCommand(const Utils::FilePath &newCommand);
 
-    static bool confirmPatching(QWidget *parent, PatchAction patchAction);
+    static bool confirmPatching(QWidget *parent, PatchAction patchAction, bool isModified);
 
     // Utility to run the 'patch' command
     static bool runPatch(const QByteArray &input, const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory = {},
diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidgetcontroller.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidgetcontroller.cpp
index 4d8bee2e4c5..5d71837b335 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidgetcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/diffeditorwidgetcontroller.cpp
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ void DiffEditorWidgetController::patch(PatchAction patchAction, int fileIndex, i
     if (!chunkExists(fileIndex, chunkIndex))
         return;
 
-    if (!PatchTool::confirmPatching(m_diffEditorWidget, patchAction))
-        return;
-
     const FileData fileData = m_contextFileData.at(fileIndex);
     const QString fileName = patchAction == PatchAction::Apply
             ? fileData.fileInfo[LeftSide].fileName
@@ -150,7 +147,17 @@ void DiffEditorWidgetController::patch(PatchAction patchAction, int fileIndex, i
             : m_document->baseDirectory();
     const FilePath absFilePath = workingDirectory.resolvePath(fileName).absoluteFilePath();
 
+    auto textDocument = qobject_cast<TextEditor::TextDocument *>(
+        DocumentModel::documentForFilePath(absFilePath));
+    const bool isModified = patchBehaviour == DiffFileInfo::PatchFile &&
+            textDocument && textDocument->isModified();
+
+    if (!PatchTool::confirmPatching(m_diffEditorWidget, patchAction, isModified))
+        return;
+
     if (patchBehaviour == DiffFileInfo::PatchFile) {
+        if (textDocument && !EditorManager::saveDocument(textDocument))
+            return;
         const int strip = m_document->baseDirectory().isEmpty() ? -1 : 0;
 
         const QString patch = m_document->makePatch(fileIndex, chunkIndex, {}, patchAction);
@@ -163,8 +170,6 @@ void DiffEditorWidgetController::patch(PatchAction patchAction, int fileIndex, i
                                 workingDirectory, strip, patchAction))
             m_document->reload();
     } else { // PatchEditor
-        auto textDocument = qobject_cast<TextEditor::TextDocument *>(
-            DocumentModel::documentForFilePath(absFilePath));
         if (!textDocument)
             return;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
index a73b2f44149..4b451ef2f96 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseeditor.cpp
@@ -1578,7 +1578,14 @@ bool VcsBaseEditorWidget::hasDiff() const
 
 void VcsBaseEditorWidget::slotApplyDiffChunk(const DiffChunk &chunk, PatchAction patchAction)
 {
-    if (!PatchTool::confirmPatching(this, patchAction))
+    auto textDocument = qobject_cast<TextEditor::TextDocument *>(
+        DocumentModel::documentForFilePath(chunk.fileName));
+    const bool isModified = textDocument && textDocument->isModified();
+
+    if (!PatchTool::confirmPatching(this, patchAction, isModified))
+        return;
+
+    if (textDocument && !EditorManager::saveDocument(textDocument))
         return;
 
     if (applyDiffChunk(chunk, patchAction) && patchAction == PatchAction::Revert)