diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5e0718af70f..47b6f4852c7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ GEM
       posix-spawn (~> 0.3)
     gitlab_emoji (0.2.0)
       gemojione (~> 2.1)
-    gitlab_git (7.2.23)
+    gitlab_git (7.2.24)
       activesupport (~> 4.0)
       charlock_holmes (~> 0.7.3)
       github-linguist (~> 4.7.0)
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 9e8bd91fde9..6c1ee4b29cd 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Repository
   # This method return true if repository contains some content visible in project page.
   #
   def has_visible_content?
-    !raw_repository.branches.empty?
+    raw_repository.branch_count > 0
   end
 
   def commit(id = 'HEAD')
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index afbf62035ac..c484ae8fc8c 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -219,4 +219,24 @@ describe Repository, models: true do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#has_visible_content?' do
+    subject { repository.has_visible_content? }
+
+    describe 'when there are no branches' do
+      before do
+        allow(repository.raw_repository).to receive(:branch_count).and_return(0)
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq(false) }
+    end
+
+    describe 'when there are branches' do
+      before do
+        allow(repository.raw_repository).to receive(:branch_count).and_return(3)
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq(true) }
+    end
+  end
 end