diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index 23d7dfe..980dc0b 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@
 	$ui_index tag remove in_sel 0.0 end
 	$ui_workdir tag remove in_sel 0.0 end
 
-	if {$col == 0} {
+	if {$col == 0 && $y > 1} {
 		set i [expr {$lno-1}]
 		set ll [expr {[llength $file_lists($w)]-1}]