diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 872e40ab1e..694f55dc5a 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -2447,6 +2447,8 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct image *img, struct fragment *frag,
 	char *old, *oldlines;
 	struct strbuf newlines;
 	int new_blank_lines_at_end = 0;
+	int found_new_blank_lines_at_end = 0;
+	int hunk_linenr = frag->linenr;
 	unsigned long leading, trailing;
 	int pos, applied_pos;
 	struct image preimage;
@@ -2540,14 +2542,18 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct image *img, struct fragment *frag,
 				error("invalid start of line: '%c'", first);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		if (added_blank_line)
+		if (added_blank_line) {
+			if (!new_blank_lines_at_end)
+				found_new_blank_lines_at_end = hunk_linenr;
 			new_blank_lines_at_end++;
+		}
 		else if (is_blank_context)
 			;
 		else
 			new_blank_lines_at_end = 0;
 		patch += len;
 		size -= len;
+		hunk_linenr++;
 	}
 	if (inaccurate_eof &&
 	    old > oldlines && old[-1] == '\n' &&
@@ -2629,7 +2635,8 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct image *img, struct fragment *frag,
 		    preimage.nr + applied_pos >= img->nr &&
 		    (ws_rule & WS_BLANK_AT_EOF) &&
 		    ws_error_action != nowarn_ws_error) {
-			record_ws_error(WS_BLANK_AT_EOF, "+", 1, frag->linenr);
+			record_ws_error(WS_BLANK_AT_EOF, "+", 1,
+					found_new_blank_lines_at_end);
 			if (ws_error_action == correct_ws_error) {
 				while (new_blank_lines_at_end--)
 					remove_last_line(&postimage);