diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index 5a5beb810..801ce60e4 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static int file_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 	patterns = from_stdin ? stdin : fopen(arg, "r");
 	if (!patterns)
 		die_errno(_("cannot open '%s'"), arg);
-	while (strbuf_getline_lf(&sb, patterns) == 0) {
+	while (strbuf_getline(&sb, patterns) == 0) {
 		/* ignore empty line like grep does */
 		if (sb.len == 0)
 			continue;