diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index cde95369bb..57a61f2881 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -4643,6 +4643,7 @@ static int apply_patch(struct apply_state *state,
 	struct patch *list = NULL, **listp = &list;
 	int skipped_patch = 0;
 	int res = 0;
+	int flush_attributes = 0;
 
 	state->patch_input_file = filename;
 	if (read_patch_file(&buf, fd) < 0)
@@ -4670,6 +4671,14 @@ static int apply_patch(struct apply_state *state,
 			patch_stats(state, patch);
 			*listp = patch;
 			listp = &patch->next;
+
+			if ((patch->new_name &&
+			     ends_with_path_components(patch->new_name,
+						       GITATTRIBUTES_FILE)) ||
+			    (patch->old_name &&
+			     ends_with_path_components(patch->old_name,
+						       GITATTRIBUTES_FILE)))
+				flush_attributes = 1;
 		}
 		else {
 			if (state->apply_verbosity > verbosity_normal)
@@ -4746,6 +4755,8 @@ static int apply_patch(struct apply_state *state,
 	if (state->summary && state->apply_verbosity > verbosity_silent)
 		summary_patch_list(list);
 
+	if (flush_attributes)
+		reset_parsed_attributes();
 end:
 	free_patch_list(list);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 94ff837649..deb6f71b2d 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include "sub-process.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
+#include "ll-merge.h"
 
 /*
  * convert.c - convert a file when checking it out and checking it in.
@@ -1293,10 +1294,11 @@ struct conv_attrs {
 	const char *working_tree_encoding; /* Supported encoding or default encoding if NULL */
 };
 
+static struct attr_check *check;
+
 static void convert_attrs(const struct index_state *istate,
 			  struct conv_attrs *ca, const char *path)
 {
-	static struct attr_check *check;
 	struct attr_check_item *ccheck = NULL;
 
 	if (!check) {
@@ -1339,6 +1341,23 @@ static void convert_attrs(const struct index_state *istate,
 		ca->crlf_action = CRLF_AUTO_INPUT;
 }
 
+void reset_parsed_attributes(void)
+{
+	struct convert_driver *drv, *next;
+
+	attr_check_free(check);
+	check = NULL;
+	reset_merge_attributes();
+
+	for (drv = user_convert; drv; drv = next) {
+		next = drv->next;
+		free((void *)drv->name);
+		free(drv);
+	}
+	user_convert = NULL;
+	user_convert_tail = NULL;
+}
+
 int would_convert_to_git_filter_fd(const struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 {
 	struct conv_attrs ca;
diff --git a/convert.h b/convert.h
index 831559f10d..3710969d43 100644
--- a/convert.h
+++ b/convert.h
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ void convert_to_git_filter_fd(const struct index_state *istate,
 int would_convert_to_git_filter_fd(const struct index_state *istate,
 				   const char *path);
 
+/*
+ * Reset the internal list of attributes used by convert_to_git and
+ * convert_to_working_tree.
+ */
+void reset_parsed_attributes(void);
+
 /*****************************************************************
  *
  * Streaming conversion support
diff --git a/ll-merge.c b/ll-merge.c
index 5b8d46aede..d65a8971db 100644
--- a/ll-merge.c
+++ b/ll-merge.c
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ struct ll_merge_driver {
 	char *cmdline;
 };
 
+static struct attr_check *merge_attributes;
+static struct attr_check *load_merge_attributes(void)
+{
+	if (!merge_attributes)
+		merge_attributes = attr_check_initl("merge", "conflict-marker-size", NULL);
+	return merge_attributes;
+}
+
+void reset_merge_attributes(void)
+{
+	attr_check_free(merge_attributes);
+	merge_attributes = NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Built-in low-levels
  */
@@ -354,7 +368,7 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 	     struct index_state *istate,
 	     const struct ll_merge_options *opts)
 {
-	static struct attr_check *check;
+	struct attr_check *check = load_merge_attributes();
 	static const struct ll_merge_options default_opts;
 	const char *ll_driver_name = NULL;
 	int marker_size = DEFAULT_CONFLICT_MARKER_SIZE;
@@ -369,9 +383,6 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 		normalize_file(theirs, path, istate);
 	}
 
-	if (!check)
-		check = attr_check_initl("merge", "conflict-marker-size", NULL);
-
 	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
 	ll_driver_name = check->items[0].value;
 	if (check->items[1].value) {
diff --git a/ll-merge.h b/ll-merge.h
index b9e2af1c88..e78973dd55 100644
--- a/ll-merge.h
+++ b/ll-merge.h
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 	     const struct ll_merge_options *opts);
 
 int ll_merge_marker_size(struct index_state *istate, const char *path);
+void reset_merge_attributes(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 25e97b8c3f..e3da1f3c4e 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -1220,6 +1220,43 @@ static inline int chomp_trailing_dir_sep(const char *path, int len)
 	return len;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If path ends with suffix (complete path components), returns the offset of
+ * the last character in the path before the suffix (sans trailing directory
+ * separators), and -1 otherwise.
+ */
+static ssize_t stripped_path_suffix_offset(const char *path, const char *suffix)
+{
+	int path_len = strlen(path), suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
+
+	while (suffix_len) {
+		if (!path_len)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1])) {
+			if (!is_dir_sep(suffix[suffix_len - 1]))
+				return -1;
+			path_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len);
+			suffix_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(suffix, suffix_len);
+		}
+		else if (path[--path_len] != suffix[--suffix_len])
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (path_len && !is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1]))
+		return -1;
+	return chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if the path ends with components, considering only complete path
+ * components, and false otherwise.
+ */
+int ends_with_path_components(const char *path, const char *components)
+{
+	return stripped_path_suffix_offset(path, components) != -1;
+}
+
 /*
  * If path ends with suffix (complete path components), returns the
  * part before suffix (sans trailing directory separators).
@@ -1227,25 +1264,9 @@ static inline int chomp_trailing_dir_sep(const char *path, int len)
  */
 char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix)
 {
-	int path_len = strlen(path), suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
+	ssize_t offset = stripped_path_suffix_offset(path, suffix);
 
-	while (suffix_len) {
-		if (!path_len)
-			return NULL;
-
-		if (is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1])) {
-			if (!is_dir_sep(suffix[suffix_len - 1]))
-				return NULL;
-			path_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len);
-			suffix_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(suffix, suffix_len);
-		}
-		else if (path[--path_len] != suffix[--suffix_len])
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (path_len && !is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1]))
-		return NULL;
-	return xstrndup(path, chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len));
+	return offset == -1 ? NULL : xstrndup(path, offset);
 }
 
 int daemon_avoid_alias(const char *p)
diff --git a/path.h b/path.h
index 2ba6ca58c8..14d6dcad16 100644
--- a/path.h
+++ b/path.h
@@ -193,4 +193,7 @@ const char *git_path_merge_head(struct repository *r);
 const char *git_path_fetch_head(struct repository *r);
 const char *git_path_shallow(struct repository *r);
 
+
+int ends_with_path_components(const char *path, const char *components);
+
 #endif /* PATH_H */
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index 80b23fd326..23469cc789 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -301,6 +301,42 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --am and --show-current-patch' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase --am and .gitattributes' '
+	test_create_repo attributes &&
+	(
+		cd attributes &&
+		test_commit init &&
+		git config filter.test.clean "sed -e '\''s/smudged/clean/g'\''" &&
+		git config filter.test.smudge "sed -e '\''s/clean/smudged/g'\''" &&
+
+		test_commit second &&
+		git checkout -b test HEAD^ &&
+
+		echo "*.txt filter=test" >.gitattributes &&
+		git add .gitattributes &&
+		test_commit third &&
+
+		echo "This text is smudged." >a.txt &&
+		git add a.txt &&
+		test_commit fourth &&
+
+		git checkout -b removal HEAD^ &&
+		git rm .gitattributes &&
+		git add -u &&
+		test_commit fifth &&
+		git cherry-pick test &&
+
+		git checkout test &&
+		git rebase master &&
+		grep "smudged" a.txt &&
+
+		git checkout removal &&
+		git reset --hard &&
+		git rebase master &&
+		grep "clean" a.txt
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'rebase--merge.sh and --show-current-patch' '
 	test_create_repo conflict-merge &&
 	(
diff --git a/t/t4150-am.sh b/t/t4150-am.sh
index 3f7f750cc8..4f1e24ecbe 100755
--- a/t/t4150-am.sh
+++ b/t/t4150-am.sh
@@ -1061,4 +1061,56 @@ test_expect_success 'am --quit keeps HEAD where it is' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'am and .gitattibutes' '
+	test_create_repo attributes &&
+	(
+		cd attributes &&
+		test_commit init &&
+		git config filter.test.clean "sed -e '\''s/smudged/clean/g'\''" &&
+		git config filter.test.smudge "sed -e '\''s/clean/smudged/g'\''" &&
+
+		test_commit second &&
+		git checkout -b test HEAD^ &&
+
+		echo "*.txt filter=test conflict-marker-size=10" >.gitattributes &&
+		git add .gitattributes &&
+		test_commit third &&
+
+		echo "This text is smudged." >a.txt &&
+		git add a.txt &&
+		test_commit fourth &&
+
+		git checkout -b removal HEAD^ &&
+		git rm .gitattributes &&
+		git add -u &&
+		test_commit fifth &&
+		git cherry-pick test &&
+
+		git checkout -b conflict third &&
+		echo "This text is different." >a.txt &&
+		git add a.txt &&
+		test_commit sixth &&
+
+		git checkout test &&
+		git format-patch --stdout master..HEAD >patches &&
+		git reset --hard master &&
+		git am patches &&
+		grep "smudged" a.txt &&
+
+		git checkout removal &&
+		git reset --hard &&
+		git format-patch --stdout master..HEAD >patches &&
+		git reset --hard master &&
+		git am patches &&
+		grep "clean" a.txt &&
+
+		git checkout conflict &&
+		git reset --hard &&
+		git format-patch --stdout master..HEAD >patches &&
+		git reset --hard fourth &&
+		test_must_fail git am -3 patches &&
+		grep "<<<<<<<<<<" a.txt
+	)
+'
+
 test_done