diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go
index 8eb4799b6..aecd66920 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/diff.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func NewDiffCommands(gitCommon *GitCommon) *DiffCommands {
 func (self *DiffCommands) DiffCmdObj(diffArgs []string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	extDiffCmd := self.UserConfig().Git.Paging.ExternalDiffCommand
 	useExtDiff := extDiffCmd != ""
+	ignoreWhitespace := self.AppState.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView
 
 	return self.cmd.New(
 		NewGitCmd("diff").
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ func (self *DiffCommands) DiffCmdObj(diffArgs []string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 			ArgIfElse(useExtDiff, "--ext-diff", "--no-ext-diff").
 			Arg("--submodule").
 			Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--color=%s", self.UserConfig().Git.Paging.ColorArg)).
+			ArgIf(ignoreWhitespace, "--ignore-all-space").
 			Arg(diffArgs...).
 			Dir(self.repoPaths.worktreePath).
 			ToArgv(),
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go
index 0a8c85aa9..2eda84fc1 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ func (self *DiffHelper) DiffArgs() []string {
 		output = append(output, "-R")
 	}
 
-	if self.c.GetAppState().IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView {
-		output = append(output, "--ignore-all-space")
-	}
-
 	output = append(output, "--")
 
 	file := self.currentlySelectedFilename()
@@ -59,9 +55,6 @@ func (self *DiffHelper) GetUpdateTaskForRenderingCommitsDiff(commit *models.Comm
 	if refRange != nil {
 		from, to := refRange.From, refRange.To
 		args := []string{from.ParentRefName(), to.RefName(), "--stat", "-p"}
-		if self.c.GetAppState().IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView {
-			args = append(args, "--ignore-all-space")
-		}
 		args = append(args, "--")
 		if path := self.c.Modes().Filtering.GetPath(); path != "" {
 			args = append(args, path)