diff --git a/scripts/apply-pr.sh b/scripts/apply-pr.sh
index 65805b8485..74f765391a 100755
--- a/scripts/apply-pr.sh
+++ b/scripts/apply-pr.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ fi
 BASE="https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/pull/"
 PR_NUM="$(echo $1 | grep -o -E '[0-9]+')"
 
-curl -L $BASE/$PR_NUM.patch | git apply
+curl -L $BASE/$PR_NUM.patch | git apply -3