diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/pull_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/pull_requests_controller.rb
index f2b4eb0cd..dda62cee0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/pull_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/pull_requests_controller.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ class Projects::PullRequestsController < Projects::BaseController
     @pull.base_ref = @pull.base_project.default_branch
     @pull.head_ref = params[:treeish].presence || @pull.head_project.default_branch
 
-    @base_commit = @pull.base_project.git_repository.commits(@base_ref).first
-    @head_commit = @pull.head_project.git_repository.commits(@head_ref).first
     @pull.check
-    #@pull.save
+
+    repo = Git::Repository.new(@pull.path)
+    @base_commit = repo.commits(@pull.base_ref).first
+    @head_commit = repo.commits(@pull.head_ref).first
+
     @diff = Grit::Repo.new(@pull.path).diff @base_commit, @head_commit
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pull_requests/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pull_requests/new.html.haml
index f2176fa47..66b5bdd0e 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pull_requests/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pull_requests/new.html.haml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
       .rightlist=f.submit t('.submit'), :class => 'btn btn-primary disabled', 'data-loading-text' => t('layout.processing'), :id => 'create_pull'
       .both
   #diff.tab-pane
-    =@head_commit
     -begin
       =# render_commit_stats(stats)