diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index 7d3c8c5078a..f752a4fd1cc 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def closed_without_fork?
-    closed? && (forked_source_project_missing? || !source_project)
+    closed? && forked_source_project_missing?
+  end
+
+  def closed_without_source_project?
+    closed? && !source_project
   end
 
   def forked_source_project_missing?
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_discussion.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_discussion.html.haml
index d070979bcfe..0aec7b2fbbb 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_discussion.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_discussion.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   - if can?(current_user, :update_merge_request, @merge_request)
     - if @merge_request.open?
       = link_to 'Close merge request', merge_request_path(@merge_request, merge_request: {state_event: :close }), method: :put, class: "btn btn-nr btn-comment btn-close close-mr-link js-note-target-close", title: "Close merge request", data: {original_text: "Close merge request", alternative_text: "Comment & close merge request"}
-    - if @merge_request.closed?
+    - unless @merge_request.open? || @merge_request.closed_without_fork?
       = link_to 'Reopen merge request', merge_request_path(@merge_request, merge_request: {state_event: :reopen }), method: :put, class: "btn btn-nr btn-comment btn-reopen reopen-mr-link js-note-target-reopen", title: "Reopen merge request", data: {original_text: "Reopen merge request", alternative_text: "Comment & reopen merge request"}
   %comment-and-resolve-btn{ "inline-template" => true, ":discussion-id" => "" }
     %button.btn.btn-nr.btn-default.append-right-10.js-comment-resolve-button{ "v-if" => "showButton", type: "submit", data: { namespace_path: "#{@merge_request.project.namespace.path}", project_path: "#{@merge_request.project.path}" } }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_show.html.haml
index 4b4d418e8ec..d03ff9ec7e8 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_show.html.haml
@@ -29,17 +29,19 @@
             %ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-align-right
               %li= link_to "Email Patches", merge_request_path(@merge_request, format: :patch)
               %li= link_to "Plain Diff",    merge_request_path(@merge_request, format: :diff)
-      .normal
-        %span Request to merge
-        %span.label-branch= source_branch_with_namespace(@merge_request)
-        %span into
-        %span.label-branch
-          = link_to @merge_request.target_branch, namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request.target_branch)
-        - if @merge_request.open? && @merge_request.diverged_from_target_branch?
-          %span (#{pluralize(@merge_request.diverged_commits_count, 'commit')} behind)
+      - unless @merge_request.closed_without_fork?
+        .normal
+          %span Request to merge
+          %span.label-branch= source_branch_with_namespace(@merge_request)
+          %span into
+          %span.label-branch
+            = link_to @merge_request.target_branch, namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request.target_branch)
+          - if @merge_request.open? && @merge_request.diverged_from_target_branch?
+            %span (#{pluralize(@merge_request.diverged_commits_count, 'commit')} behind)
 
-    = render "projects/merge_requests/show/how_to_merge"
-    = render "projects/merge_requests/widget/show.html.haml"
+    - unless @merge_request.closed_without_source_project?
+      = render "projects/merge_requests/show/how_to_merge"
+      = render "projects/merge_requests/widget/show.html.haml"
 
     - if @merge_request.source_branch_exists? && @merge_request.mergeable? && @merge_request.can_be_merged_by?(current_user)
       .light.prepend-top-default.append-bottom-default
@@ -53,10 +55,11 @@
           = link_to namespace_project_merge_request_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request), data: { target: 'div#notes', action: 'notes', toggle: 'tab' } do
             Discussion
             %span.badge= @merge_request.mr_and_commit_notes.user.count
-        %li.commits-tab
-          = link_to commits_namespace_project_merge_request_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request), data: { target: 'div#commits', action: 'commits', toggle: 'tab' } do
-            Commits
-            %span.badge= @commits_count
+        - unless @merge_request.closed_without_source_project?
+          %li.commits-tab
+            = link_to commits_namespace_project_merge_request_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request), data: { target: 'div#commits', action: 'commits', toggle: 'tab' } do
+              Commits
+              %span.badge= @commits_count
         - if @pipeline
           %li.pipelines-tab
             = link_to pipelines_namespace_project_merge_request_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request), data: { target: '#pipelines', action: 'pipelines', toggle: 'tab' } do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
index 4f5741f1647..da75f4ccd2c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ describe ProjectsController do
       let(:project)      { create(:project) }
       let(:fork_project) { create(:project, forked_from_project: project) }
       let(:merge_request) do
-               create(:merge_request,
-                 source_project: fork_project,
-                 target_project: project)
+        create(:merge_request,
+          source_project: fork_project,
+          target_project: project)
       end
 
       it "closes all related merge requests" do