diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index be91358462..4e17e45ed2 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -279,15 +279,16 @@ static int crlf_to_git(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 		if (convert_is_binary(len, &stats))
 			return 0;
 		/*
-		 * If the file in the index has any CR in it, do not convert.
-		 * This is the new safer autocrlf handling.
+		 * If the file in the index has any CR in it, do not
+		 * convert.  This is the new safer autocrlf handling,
+		 * unless we want to renormalize in a merge or
+		 * cherry-pick.
 		 */
-		if (checksafe == SAFE_CRLF_RENORMALIZE)
-			checksafe = SAFE_CRLF_FALSE;
-		else if (has_cr_in_index(path))
+		if ((checksafe != SAFE_CRLF_RENORMALIZE) && has_cr_in_index(path))
 			convert_crlf_into_lf = 0;
 	}
-	if (checksafe && len) {
+	if ((checksafe == SAFE_CRLF_WARN ||
+	    (checksafe == SAFE_CRLF_FAIL)) && len) {
 		struct text_stat new_stats;
 		memcpy(&new_stats, &stats, sizeof(new_stats));
 		/* simulate "git add" */
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index c07ba0df9d..23d6992f40 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ static int add_cacheinfo(struct merge_options *o,
 		struct cache_entry *nce;
 
 		nce = refresh_cache_entry(ce, CE_MATCH_REFRESH | CE_MATCH_IGNORE_MISSING);
+		if (!nce)
+			return err(o, _("addinfo_cache failed for path '%s'"), path);
 		if (nce != ce)
 			ret = add_cache_entry(nce, options);
 	}
diff --git a/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh b/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh
index 394f0005a1..4f2a263b63 100755
--- a/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh
+++ b/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh
@@ -141,4 +141,16 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick "-" works with arguments' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick works with dirty renamed file' '
+	test_commit to-rename &&
+	git checkout -b unrelated &&
+	test_commit unrelated &&
+	git checkout @{-1} &&
+	git mv to-rename.t renamed &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m renamed &&
+	echo modified >renamed &&
+	git cherry-pick refs/heads/unrelated
+'
+
 test_done