diff -Naur git-2.9.0/builtin/apply.c git-2.9.0-1/builtin/apply.c
--- git-2.9.0/builtin/apply.c	2016-06-13 21:07:49.000000000 +0200
+++ git-2.9.0-1/builtin/apply.c	2016-06-14 11:38:19.940588382 +0200
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@
 			die(_("git apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null, got %s on line %d"),
 			    orig_name, linenr);
 		another = find_name(line, NULL, p_value, TERM_TAB);
-		if (!another || memcmp(another, orig_name, len + 1))
+		if (!another || strncmp(another, orig_name, len + 1))
 			die((side == DIFF_NEW_NAME) ?
 			    _("git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent new filename on line %d") :
 			    _("git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent old filename on line %d"), linenr);