diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/git/trees_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/git/trees_controller.rb
index 2a1c5778d..9cb34a9ba 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/git/trees_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/git/trees_controller.rb
@@ -40,11 +40,8 @@ class Projects::Git::TreesController < Projects::Git::BaseController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    if @branch && @project.delete_branch(@branch, current_user)
-      render :nothing => true
-    else
-      render :nothing => true, :status => 422
-    end
+    status = @branch && @project.delete_branch(@branch, current_user) ? 200 : 422
+    render :nothing => true, :status => status
   end
 
   def branches