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diff --git a/lisp/vc/diff.el b/lisp/vc/diff.el
index b850350cd8a..ac94586cace 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/diff.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/diff.el
@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ With prefix arg, prompt for diff switches."
"View the differences between BUFFER and its associated file.
This requires the external program `diff' to be in your `exec-path'."
(interactive "bBuffer: ")
- (with-current-buffer (get-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer)))
- (diff buffer-file-name (current-buffer) nil 'noasync)))
+ (let ((buf (get-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer)))))
+ (with-current-buffer (or (buffer-base-buffer buf) buf)
+ (diff buffer-file-name (current-buffer) nil 'noasync))))
(provide 'diff)