diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb
index 12856191c26..038645aa497 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class Projects::CommitsController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @limit, @offset = (params[:limit] || 40), (params[:offset] || 0)
 
     @commits = @repo.commits(@ref, @path, @limit, @offset)
+    @note_counts = Note.where(commit_id: @commits.map(&:id)).
+        group(:commit_id).count
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html # index.html.erb
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
index 1abedc1f272..89f4ab01a3f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
+    @note_counts = Note.where(commit_id: @merge_request.commits.map(&:id)).
+        group(:commit_id).count
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
       format.diff { render text: @merge_request.to_diff(current_user) }
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
         @compare_failed = true
       end
 
+      @note_counts = Note.where(commit_id: @commits.map(&:id)).
+          group(:commit_id).count
+
       @diffs = compare_action.diffs
       @merge_request.title = @merge_request.source_branch.titleize.humanize
       @target_project = @merge_request.target_project
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index a0606662807..74146b5f196 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@
 
     = link_to "Browse Code »", project_tree_path(project, commit), class: "pull-right"
     .notes_count
-      - notes = project.notes.for_commit_id(commit.id)
-      - if notes.any?
+      - if @note_counts
+        - note_count = @note_counts.fetch(commit.id, 0)
+      - else
+        - notes = project.notes.for_commit_id(commit.id)
+        - note_count = notes.count
+
+      - if note_count > 0
         %span.label.label-gray
-          %i.icon-comment
-          = notes.count
+          %i.icon-comment= note_count
 
   - if commit.description?
     .commit-row-description.js-toggle-content