diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 3396e35d76dd5acbe6901456bb3e68db03b780c0..78189c1b7bca120d896bab7a6160da1f436b4ff1 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ _git_stash ()
 		apply,--*)
 			__gitcomp "--index"
 			;;
-		show,--*|apply,--*|drop,--*|pop,--*|branch,--*)
+		show,--*|drop,--*|pop,--*|branch,--*)
 			COMPREPLY=()
 			;;
 		show,*|apply,*|drop,*|pop,*|branch,*)