diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index d902045e88..f6a3f9d919 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -8359,9 +8359,15 @@ f_line(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
 	{
 	    if (switch_win_noblock(&switchwin, wp, tp, TRUE) == OK)
 	    {
+		// in diff mode, prevent that the window scrolls
+		// and keep the topline
+		if (curwin->w_p_diff && switchwin.sw_curwin->w_p_diff)
+		    skip_update_topline = TRUE;
 		check_cursor();
 		fp = var2fpos(&argvars[0], TRUE, &fnum, FALSE);
 	    }
+	    if (curwin->w_p_diff && switchwin.sw_curwin->w_p_diff)
+		skip_update_topline = FALSE;
 	    restore_win_noblock(&switchwin, TRUE);
 	}
     }
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_1.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_1.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d4c9145f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_1.dump
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d28bd373a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_2.dump
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diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_3.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_3.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c0c2c9c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_3.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
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diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_4.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_4.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6043d7ad73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_diff_topline_4.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
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diff --git a/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim b/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim
index 7e117a3b66..a654b6dda0 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_diffmode.vim
@@ -2258,4 +2258,31 @@ func Test_diff_overlapped_diff_blocks_will_be_merged()
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+" switching windows in diff mode caused an unneccessary scroll
+func Test_diff_topline_noscroll()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let content =<< trim END
+    call setline(1, range(1,60))
+    vnew
+    call setline(1, range(1,10) + range(50,60))
+    windo diffthis
+    norm! G
+    exe "norm! 30\<C-y>"
+  END
+  call writefile(content, 'Xcontent', 'D')
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S Xcontent', {'rows': 20})
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_diff_topline_1', {})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":echo line('w0', 1001)\<cr>")
+  call term_wait(buf)
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_diff_topline_2', {})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<C-W>p")
+  call term_wait(buf)
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_diff_topline_3', {})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<C-W>p")
+  call term_wait(buf)
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_diff_topline_4', {})
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 6abc802840..74837b31cc 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    822,
 /**/
     821,
 /**/