diff --git a/builtin-mv.c b/builtin-mv.c
index 4f65b5ae9..bce995929 100644
--- a/builtin-mv.c
+++ b/builtin-mv.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 					memmove(destination + i,
 						destination + i + 1,
 						(argc - i) * sizeof(char *));
+					i--;
 				}
 			} else
 				die ("%s, source=%s, destination=%s",
diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh
index 575ef5beb..ef2e78f9d 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,31 @@ test_expect_success \
     'git diff-tree -r -M --name-status  HEAD^ HEAD | \
     grep "^R100..*path1/COPYING..*path0/COPYING"'
 
+test_expect_success \
+    'checking -k on non-existing file' \
+    'git mv -k idontexist path0'
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'checking -k on untracked file' \
+    'touch untracked1 &&
+     git mv -k untracked1 path0 &&
+     test -f untracked1 &&
+     test ! -f path0/untracked1'
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'checking -k on multiple untracked files' \
+    'touch untracked2 &&
+     git mv -k untracked1 untracked2 path0 &&
+     test -f untracked1 &&
+     test -f untracked2 &&
+     test ! -f path0/untracked1
+     test ! -f path0/untracked2'
+
+# clean up the mess in case bad things happen
+rm -f idontexist untracked1 untracked2 \
+     path0/idontexist path0/untracked1 path0/untracked2 \
+     .git/index.lock
+
 test_expect_success \
     'adding another file' \
     'cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../README path0/README &&