diff --git a/src/patch_generate.c b/src/patch_generate.c
index d986fd3ab..bba116236 100644
--- a/src/patch_generate.c
+++ b/src/patch_generate.c
@@ -409,39 +409,25 @@ int git_diff_foreach(
 	void *payload)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	git_xdiff_output xo;
+	git_diff_delta *delta;
 	size_t idx;
-	git_patch_generated patch;
 
 	if ((error = diff_required(diff, "git_diff_foreach")) < 0)
 		return error;
 
-	memset(&xo, 0, sizeof(xo));
-	memset(&patch, 0, sizeof(patch));
-	diff_output_init(
-		&xo.output, &diff->opts, file_cb, binary_cb, hunk_cb, data_cb, payload);
-	git_xdiff_init(&xo, &diff->opts);
-
-	git_vector_foreach(&diff->deltas, idx, patch.base.delta) {
+	git_vector_foreach(&diff->deltas, idx, delta) {
+		git_patch *patch;
 
 		/* check flags against patch status */
-		if (git_diff_delta__should_skip(&diff->opts, patch.base.delta))
+		if (git_diff_delta__should_skip(&diff->opts, delta))
 			continue;
 
-		if (binary_cb || hunk_cb || data_cb) {
-			if ((error = patch_generated_init(&patch, diff, idx)) != 0 ||
-				(error = patch_generated_load(&patch, &xo.output)) != 0) {
-				git_patch_free(&patch.base);
-				return error;
-			}
-		}
+		if ((error = git_patch_from_diff(&patch, diff, idx)) != 0)
+			break;
 
-		if ((error = patch_generated_invoke_file_callback(&patch, &xo.output)) == 0) {
-			if (binary_cb || hunk_cb || data_cb)
-					error = patch_generated_create(&patch, &xo.output);
-		}
-
-		git_patch_free(&patch.base);
+		error = git_patch__invoke_callbacks(patch, file_cb, binary_cb,
+						    hunk_cb, data_cb, payload);
+		git_patch_free(patch);
 
 		if (error)
 			break;
diff --git a/tests/diff/parse.c b/tests/diff/parse.c
index a06813d1b..b79b19e8e 100644
--- a/tests/diff/parse.c
+++ b/tests/diff/parse.c
@@ -196,3 +196,32 @@ void test_diff_parse__get_patch_from_diff(void)
 
 	cl_git_sandbox_cleanup();
 }
+
+static int file_cb(const git_diff_delta *delta, float progress, void *payload)
+{
+    int *called = (int *) payload;
+    GIT_UNUSED(delta);
+    GIT_UNUSED(progress);
+    (*called)++;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void test_diff_parse__foreach_works_with_parsed_patch(void)
+{
+	const char patch[] =
+	    "diff --git a/obj1 b/obj2\n"
+	    "index 1234567..7654321 10644\n"
+	    "--- a/obj1\n"
+	    "+++ b/obj2\n"
+	    "@@ -1 +1 @@\n"
+	    "-abcde\n"
+	    "+12345\n";
+	int called = 0;
+	git_diff *diff;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_diff_from_buffer(&diff, patch, strlen(patch)));
+	cl_git_pass(git_diff_foreach(diff, file_cb, NULL, NULL, NULL, &called));
+	cl_assert_equal_i(called, 1);
+
+	git_diff_free(diff);
+}