diff --git a/scripts/check_unstaged.sh b/scripts/check_unstaged.sh
index a6de5f0204ef8..90d4cad87e4fc 100755
--- a/scripts/check_unstaged.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_unstaged.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [[ "$FILES" != "" ]]; then
 	log "These are the changes:"
 	log
 	for file in "${files[@]}"; do
-		git --no-pager diff "$file" 1>&2
+		git --no-pager diff -- "$file" 1>&2
 	done
 
 	log