diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index 542e5d99..f1649b3f 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl App {
         });
 
         match self.matches.values_of("file-name") {
-            Some(filenames) if filenames.len() != files.len() => {
+            Some(ref filenames) if filenames.len() != files.len() => {
                 return Err(format!("{} {}", filenames.len(), files.len()).into());
             }
             _ => {}