diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/angularjs/controllers/pull_request_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/angularjs/controllers/pull_request_controller.js
index 0ee096af7..dce9d49b5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/angularjs/controllers/pull_request_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/angularjs/controllers/pull_request_controller.js
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ RosaABF.controller('PullRequestController',['$scope', '$http', 'ApiPullRequest',
     );
   }
 
-  $scope.getBranch = function() {
+  // @param [from_ref] - sets only at first time
+  $scope.getBranch = function(from_ref) {
     if (!$scope.project_resource) {
       $scope.project_resource = ApiProject.resource.get({id: $scope.project_id});
     }
+    // Fix: at first load
+    // Cannot read property 'from_ref' of null
+    if (!from_ref) { from_ref = $scope.pull.from_ref.ref; }
     $scope.project_resource.$refs({id: $scope.project_id}, function(results) {
       _.each(results.refs_list, function(ref){
         var result = new ProjectRef(ref);
-        if (!result.isTag && result.ref == $scope.pull.from_ref.ref) {
+        if (!result.isTag && result.ref == from_ref) {
           $scope.branch = result;
           return true;
         }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pull_requests/_status.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pull_requests/_status.html.haml
index 5b31777af..cfb843693 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pull_requests/_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pull_requests/_status.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 - if !@pull.cross_pull? && can?(:write, @project)
-  %div{'ng-init' => 'getBranch()', 'ng-show' => "pull.status == 'closed' || pull.status == 'merged'"}
+  %div{'ng-init' => "getBranch('#{@pull.from_ref}')", 'ng-show' => "pull.status == 'closed' || pull.status == 'merged'"}
     %a.button{:href => '', 'ng-click' => 'deleteBranch()', 'ng-show' => "branch && branch.object.sha == pull.from_ref.sha"}
       = t('layout.projects.delete_branch')
     %a.button{:href => '', 'ng-click' => 'restoreBranch()', 'ng-hide' => "branch"}