diff --git a/internal/exp/diffview/diffview.go b/internal/exp/diffview/diffview.go
index bdaa25b8e23fabbf15e886d281845933c8b28a6b..e273094851e10b6d7b596f0eccd364348fae809f 100644
--- a/internal/exp/diffview/diffview.go
+++ b/internal/exp/diffview/diffview.go
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ func (dv *DiffView) convertDiffToSplit() {
 
 // adjustStyles adjusts adds padding and alignment to the styles.
 func (dv *DiffView) adjustStyles() {
+	setPadding := func(s lipgloss.Style) lipgloss.Style {
+		return s.Padding(0, lineNumPadding).Align(lipgloss.Right)
+	}
 	dv.style.MissingLine.LineNumber = setPadding(dv.style.MissingLine.LineNumber)
 	dv.style.DividerLine.LineNumber = setPadding(dv.style.DividerLine.LineNumber)
 	dv.style.EqualLine.LineNumber = setPadding(dv.style.EqualLine.LineNumber)
@@ -217,10 +220,6 @@ func (dv *DiffView) detectNumDigits() {
 	}
 }
 
-func setPadding(s lipgloss.Style) lipgloss.Style {
-	return s.Padding(0, lineNumPadding).Align(lipgloss.Right)
-}
-
 // detectCodeWidth calculates the maximum width of code lines in the diff view.
 func (dv *DiffView) detectCodeWidth() {
 	switch dv.layout {