diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 25a8394af3..5e19be8504 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ update-pot-po-metadata:
 
 .PHONY: check-pot-changes
 check-pot-changes:
-		@git diff pkg/i18n/locales/abra.pot | grepdiff --output-matching=hunk POT-Creation-Date | git apply --reverse
-		@git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD --
+		@git diff pkg/i18n/locales/abra.pot | grepdiff --output-matching=hunk POT-Creation-Date | git apply --reverse --allow-empty
+		@git diff-files --quiet
 
 .PHONY: build-mo
 build-mo: