diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor.ts
index a0584b6..034081d 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   GrDiffLineType,
   FILE,
   Highlights,
+  LineNumber,
 } from '../gr-diff/gr-diff-line';
 import {
   GrDiffGroup,
@@ -150,7 +151,8 @@
     this.cancel();
 
     this.groups = [];
-    this.push('groups', this._makeFileComments());
+    this.push('groups', this._makeGroup('LOST'));
+    this.push('groups', this._makeGroup(FILE));
 
     // If it's a binary diff, we won't be rendering hunks of text differences
     // so finish processing.
@@ -450,10 +452,10 @@
     return line;
   }
 
-  _makeFileComments() {
+  _makeGroup(number: LineNumber) {
     const line = new GrDiffLine(GrDiffLineType.BOTH);
-    line.beforeNumber = FILE;
-    line.afterNumber = FILE;
+    line.beforeNumber = number;
+    line.afterNumber = number;
     return new GrDiffGroup(GrDiffGroupType.BOTH, [line]);
   }
 
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor_test.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor_test.js
index f5cbcc0..b8f7498 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor_test.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/diff/gr-diff-processor/gr-diff-processor_test.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
       return element.process(content).then(() => {
         const groups = element.groups;
-
+        groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
         assert.equal(groups.length, 4);
 
         let group = groups[0];
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 
       return element.process(content).then(() => {
         const groups = element.groups;
+        groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
         assert.equal(groups[0].type, GrDiffGroupType.BOTH);
         assert.equal(groups[0].lines.length, 1);
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
 
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@
         await element.process(content);
 
         const groups = element.groups;
+        groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
         // group[0] is the file group
 
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
 
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
           // group[1] is the "a" group
@@ -283,6 +288,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
           // group[1] is the "a" group
@@ -324,6 +330,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
           // group[1] is the "a" group
@@ -411,6 +418,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
           // group[1] is the "a" group
@@ -450,6 +458,7 @@
 
         return element.process(content).then(() => {
           const groups = element.groups;
+          groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
           // group[0] is the file group
           // group[1] is the "a" group
@@ -479,6 +488,7 @@
       await element.process(content);
 
       const groups = element.groups;
+      groups.shift(); // remove portedThreadsWithoutRangeGroup
 
       // group[0] is the file group
       // group[1] is the chunk with a
@@ -744,12 +754,12 @@
       element._isScrolling = true;
       element.process(content);
       // Just the files group - no more processing during scrolling.
-      assert.equal(element.groups.length, 1);
+      assert.equal(element.groups.length, 2);
 
       element._isScrolling = false;
       element.process(content);
       // More groups have been processed. How many does not matter here.
-      assert.isAtLeast(element.groups.length, 2);
+      assert.isAtLeast(element.groups.length, 3);
     });
 
     test('image diffs', () => {
@@ -762,7 +772,7 @@
       const content = _.times(200, _.constant(contentRow));
       sinon.stub(element, 'async');
       element.process(content, true);
-      assert.equal(element.groups.length, 1);
+      assert.equal(element.groups.length, 2);
 
       // Image diffs don't process content, just the 'FILE' line.
       assert.equal(element.groups[0].lines.length, 1);