diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 41a77e6648d..d0df1d92e0e 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             # them back too.  This is not needed to the cygwin windows version,
             # just the native "NT" type.
             #
-            text = p4_read_pipe(['print', '-q', '-o', '-', file['depotFile']])
+            text = p4_read_pipe(['print', '-q', '-o', '-', "%s@%s" % (file['depotFile'], file['change']) ])
             if p4_version_string().find("/NT") >= 0:
                 text = text.replace("\r\n", "\n")
             contents = [ text ]