diff --git a/ruby/lib/gitlab/git/operation_service.rb b/ruby/lib/gitlab/git/operation_service.rb
index 1235a1c018eb694ae7c77e363b4110f1981d6ba7..b6967ee6abfa4980b202ee98757f404088e0f98b 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/gitlab/git/operation_service.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/gitlab/git/operation_service.rb
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def update_autocrlf_option
-        repository.autocrlf = :input if repository.autocrlf != :input
+        repository.autocrlf = false if repository.autocrlf != false
       end
     end
   end