diff --git a/dev/common/tdd.py b/dev/common/tdd.py
index 89b6baa778..3c27ecfaaf 100644
--- a/dev/common/tdd.py
+++ b/dev/common/tdd.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_changed_files(pr_branch, target_branch="master"):
             raw = f.read()
         filenames = raw.split('\n')
         filenames = [x for x in filenames if x.startswith('---') or x.startswith('+++')]
-        filenames = [x.split(None, 1)[1] for x in filenames]
+        filenames = [x.split(None, 1)[1] for x in filenames if len(x.split(None, 1)) > 1]
         filenames = [x for x in filenames if not x.startswith('/dev/null')]
         filenames = [x.lstrip('a/') for x in filenames]
         filenames = [x.lstrip('b/') for x in filenames]