diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fcf659c07f9..ccc356a9617 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ v 8.6.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix bug where Bitbucket `closed` issues were imported as `opened` (Iuri de Silvio)
   - Don't show Issues/MRs from archived projects in Groups view
   - Fix wrong "iid of max iid" in Issuable sidebar for some merged MRs
+  - Fix empty source_sha on Merge Request when there is no diff (Pierre de La Morinerie)
   - Increase the notes polling timeout over time (Roberto Dip)
   - Add shortcut to toggle markdown preview (Florent Baldino)
   - Show labels in dashboard and group milestone views
diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index 188325045e2..30a7bd47be7 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -520,7 +520,11 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def source_sha
-    last_commit.try(:sha)
+    last_commit.try(:sha) || source_tip.try(:sha)
+  end
+
+  def source_tip
+    source_branch && source_project.repository.commit(source_branch)
   end
 
   def fetch_ref
diff --git a/spec/factories/merge_requests.rb b/spec/factories/merge_requests.rb
index a9df5fa1d3a..e281e2f227b 100644
--- a/spec/factories/merge_requests.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/merge_requests.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     trait :with_diffs do
     end
 
+    trait :without_diffs do
+      source_branch "improve/awesome"
+      target_branch "master"
+    end
+
     trait :conflict do
       source_branch "feature_conflict"
       target_branch "feature"
diff --git a/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb b/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb
index aceb2406eb3..619c01b5523 100644
--- a/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ describe MergeRequest, models: true do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'without diffs' do
+      subject { create(:merge_request, :without_diffs) }
+      it 'returns the sha of the source branch last commit' do
+        expect(subject.source_sha).to eq(last_branch_commit.sha)
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when the merge request is being created' do
       subject { build(:merge_request, source_branch: nil, compare_commits: []) }
       it 'returns nil' do