diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
index e3cbf017e554b440d756fc8b85b38342c38d920b..ddb9cf433eb4c14550ad583e7b90ce5647f66c21 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ module Gitlab
         with_worktree(squash_path, branch, sparse_checkout_files: diff_files, env: env) do
           # Apply diff of the `diff_range` to the worktree
           diff = run_git!(%W(diff --binary #{diff_range}))
-          run_git!(%w(apply --index), chdir: squash_path, env: env) do |stdin|
+          run_git!(%w(apply --index --whitespace=nowarn), chdir: squash_path, env: env) do |stdin|
             stdin.binmode
             stdin.write(diff)
           end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
index d601a383a98686f2e3f5fa89813f5a0a9663c825..13358995383e8ef5df066e2f6f2769352e874e51 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
@@ -2283,6 +2283,20 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Repository, seed_helper: true do
           expect(subject).to match(/\h{40}/)
         end
       end
+
+      context 'with trailing whitespace in an invalid patch', :skip_gitaly_mock do
+        let(:diff) { "diff --git a/README.md b/README.md\nindex faaf198..43c5edf 100644\n--- a/README.md\n+++ b/README.md\n@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@\n-testme\n+   \n ======   \n \n Sample repo for testing gitlab features\n" }
+
+        it 'does not include whitespace warnings in the error' do
+          allow(repository).to receive(:run_git!).and_call_original
+          allow(repository).to receive(:run_git!).with(%W(diff --binary #{start_sha}...#{end_sha})).and_return(diff.force_encoding('ASCII-8BIT'))
+
+          expect { subject }.to raise_error do |error|
+            expect(error).to be_a(described_class::GitError)
+            expect(error.message).not_to include('trailing whitespace')
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end