diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 5347d4fa1be68e9abc4a868fcbfe80c7f7fdfc9f..af80dee1dc4cb42f458ee884aba9f2d1935d69d5 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def related_branches
-    return [] if self.project.empty_repo?
-    
-    self.project.repository.branch_names.select { |branch| branch.end_with?("-#{iid}") }
+    project.repository.branch_names.select do |branch|
+      branch.end_with?("-#{iid}")
+    end
   end
 
   # Reset issue events cache
diff --git a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
index 540a62eb1f84f6f0a53f4c8c98e865d6b5c17bb7..77d046fb0eb38f2929605cb7083e162ff672d444 100644
--- a/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/issue_spec.rb
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ describe Issue, models: true do
   describe '#related_branches' do
     it "selects the right branches" do
       allow(subject.project.repository).to receive(:branch_names).
-                                    and_return(["mpempe", "#{subject.iid}mepmep", subject.to_branch_name])
+        and_return(["mpempe", "#{subject.iid}mepmep", subject.to_branch_name])
 
-      expect(subject.related_branches).to eq [subject.to_branch_name]
+      expect(subject.related_branches).to eq([subject.to_branch_name])
     end
   end