diff --git a/mercurial/patch.py b/mercurial/patch.py
--- a/mercurial/patch.py
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py
@@ -190,14 +190,18 @@ def readgitpatch(patchname):
 def dogitpatch(patchname, gitpatches, cwd=None):
     """Preprocess git patch so that vanilla patch can handle it"""
     def extractbin(fp):
-        line = fp.readline().rstrip()
+        i = [0] # yuck
+        def readline():
+            i[0] += 1
+            return fp.readline().rstrip()
+        line = readline()
         while line and not line.startswith('literal '):
-            line = fp.readline().rstrip()
+            line = readline()
         if not line:
-            return
+            return None, i[0]
         size = int(line[8:])
         dec = []
-        line = fp.readline().rstrip()
+        line = readline()
         while line:
             l = line[0]
             if l <= 'Z' and l >= 'A':
@@ -205,12 +209,12 @@ def dogitpatch(patchname, gitpatches, cw
             else:
                 l = ord(l) - ord('a') + 27
             dec.append(base85.b85decode(line[1:])[:l])
-            line = fp.readline().rstrip()
+            line = readline()
         text = zlib.decompress(''.join(dec))
         if len(text) != size:
             raise util.Abort(_('binary patch is %d bytes, not %d') %
                              (len(text), size))
-        return text
+        return text, i[0]
 
     pf = file(patchname)
     pfline = 1
@@ -230,9 +234,10 @@ def dogitpatch(patchname, gitpatches, cw
                 pfline += 1
 
             if p.binary:
-                text = extractbin(pf)
+                text, delta = extractbin(pf)
                 if not text:
                     raise util.Abort(_('binary patch extraction failed'))
+                pfline += delta
                 if not cwd:
                     cwd = os.getcwd()
                 absdst = os.path.join(cwd, p.path)
diff --git a/tests/test-git-import b/tests/test-git-import
--- a/tests/test-git-import
+++ b/tests/test-git-import
@@ -162,3 +162,22 @@ rename to foo2
 EOF
 cat foo2
 hg manifest | grep binary
+
+echo % many binary files
+hg import -m multibinary - <<EOF
+diff --git a/mbinary1 b/mbinary1
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..593f4708db84ac8fd0f5cc47c634f38c013fe9e4
+GIT binary patch
+literal 4
+Lc\${NkU|;|M00aO5
+
+diff --git a/mbinary2 b/mbinary2
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..112363ac1917b417ffbd7f376ca786a1e5fa7490
+GIT binary patch
+literal 5
+Mc\${NkU|\`?^000jF3jhEB
+
+EOF
+hg manifest | grep mbinary
diff --git a/tests/test-git-import.out b/tests/test-git-import.out
--- a/tests/test-git-import.out
+++ b/tests/test-git-import.out
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@ a
 applying patch from stdin
 foo
 045c85ba38952325e126c70962cc0f9d9077bc67 644 binary
+% many binary files
+applying patch from stdin
+045c85ba38952325e126c70962cc0f9d9077bc67 644 mbinary1
+a874b471193996e7cb034bb301cac7bdaf3e3f46 644 mbinary2