1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 7dc17b9505..53cf07e913 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int fill_one(const char *what, struct match_attr *a, int rem)
 	struct git_attr_check *check = check_all_attr;
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; 0 < rem && i < a->num_attr; i++) {
+	for (i = a->num_attr - 1; 0 < rem && 0 <= i; i--) {
 		struct git_attr *attr = a->state[i].attr;
 		const char **n = &(check[attr->attr_nr].value);
 		const char *v = a->state[i].setto;