diff --git a/range-diff.c b/range-diff.c
index ba1e9a4265..f2fc1e02c2 100644
--- a/range-diff.c
+++ b/range-diff.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list)
 
 	argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "log", "--no-color", "-p", "--no-merges",
 			"--reverse", "--date-order", "--decorate=no",
+			"--no-prefix",
 			/*
 			 * Choose indicators that are not used anywhere
 			 * else in diffs, but still look reasonable
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list)
 			if (!util->diff_offset)
 				util->diff_offset = buf.len;
 			line[len - 1] = '\n';
-			len = parse_git_diff_header(&root, &linenr, 1, line,
+			len = parse_git_diff_header(&root, &linenr, 0, line,
 						    len, size, &patch);
 			if (len < 0)
 				die(_("could not parse git header '%.*s'"), (int)len, line);
diff --git a/t/t3206-range-diff.sh b/t/t3206-range-diff.sh
index ec548654ce..be60976c28 100755
--- a/t/t3206-range-diff.sh
+++ b/t/t3206-range-diff.sh
@@ -354,4 +354,8 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --range-diff as commentary' '
 	grep "> 1: .* new message" 0001-*
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'range-diff overrides diff.noprefix internally' '
+	git -c diff.noprefix=true range-diff HEAD^...
+'
+
 test_done