diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 26ede82a7b..374b2354f3 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1701,9 +1701,8 @@ static void show_shortstats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *option
 		int added = data->files[i]->added;
 		int deleted= data->files[i]->deleted;
 
-		if (data->files[i]->is_unmerged)
-			continue;
-		if (!data->files[i]->is_interesting && (added + deleted == 0)) {
+		if (data->files[i]->is_unmerged ||
+		    (!data->files[i]->is_interesting && (added + deleted == 0))) {
 			total_files--;
 		} else if (!data->files[i]->is_binary) { /* don't count bytes */
 			adds += added;