diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index de5f855266f6fcf3274c9648b02ab960a267bb90..e3ef04477cefb10763f81cff4f315f60c27c3369 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ static void numstat_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
 			quote_c_style(name, NULL, stdout, 0);
 		else
 			fputs(name, stdout);
-		putchar('\n');
+		putchar(line_termination);
 	}
 }