diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 8ce1ec92c2..75b71967a7 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -1217,7 +1217,11 @@ sub patch_update_file {
 	if (@{$mode->{TEXT}}) {
 		unshift @hunk, $mode;
 	}
-	if (@{$deletion->{TEXT}} && !@hunk) {
+	if (@{$deletion->{TEXT}}) {
+		foreach my $hunk (@hunk) {
+			push @{$deletion->{TEXT}}, @{$hunk->{TEXT}};
+			push @{$deletion->{DISPLAY}}, @{$hunk->{DISPLAY}};
+		}
 		@hunk = ($deletion);
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
index d86bc81abf..b6eba6a839 100755
--- a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ test_expect_success 'add first line works' '
 	test_cmp expected diff
 '
 
+cat >expected <<EOF
+diff --git a/non-empty b/non-empty
+deleted file mode 100644
+index d95f3ad..0000000
+--- a/non-empty
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+-content
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'deleting a non-empty file' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo content >non-empty &&
+	git add non-empty &&
+	git commit -m non-empty &&
+	rm non-empty &&
+	echo y | git add -p non-empty &&
+	git diff --cached >diff &&
+	test_cmp expected diff
+'
+
 cat >expected <<EOF
 diff --git a/empty b/empty
 deleted file mode 100644