diff --git a/app/services/git_hooks_service.rb b/app/services/git_hooks_service.rb
index 53f1fdef796..b7804ed472f 100644
--- a/app/services/git_hooks_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/git_hooks_service.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ class GitHooksService
     @newrev     = newrev
     @ref        = ref
 
-    pre_status = run_hook('pre-receive')
-
-    if pre_status
+    if run_hook('pre-receive') && run_hook('update')
       yield
 
       run_hook('post-receive')
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index c746b8db621..fa261e64c35 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe Repository do
     context 'when pre hooks were successful' do
       it 'should run without errors' do
         hook = double(trigger: true)
-        expect(Gitlab::Git::Hook).to receive(:new).twice.and_return(hook)
+        expect(Gitlab::Git::Hook).to receive(:new).exactly(3).times.and_return(hook)
 
         expect { repository.add_branch(user, 'new_feature', 'master') }.not_to raise_error
       end
diff --git a/spec/services/git_hooks_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/git_hooks_service_spec.rb
index 21585cc4629..bb639a5ae23 100644
--- a/spec/services/git_hooks_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/git_hooks_service_spec.rb
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ describe GitHooksService do
 
   describe '#execute' do
 
-    context 'when pre hooks were successful' do
-      it 'should call post hooks' do
-        expect(service).to receive(:run_hook).with('pre-receive').and_return(true)
-        expect(service).to receive(:run_hook).with('post-receive').and_return(true)
+    context 'when receive hooks were successful' do
+      it 'should call post-receive hook' do
+        hook = double(trigger: true)
+        expect(Gitlab::Git::Hook).to receive(:new).exactly(3).times.and_return(hook)
+
         expect(service.execute(user, @repo_path, @blankrev, @newrev, @ref) { }).to eq(true)
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when pre hooks failed' do
-      it 'should not call post hooks' do
+    context 'when pre-receive hook failed' do
+      it 'should not call post-receive hook' do
         expect(service).to receive(:run_hook).with('pre-receive').and_return(false)
         expect(service).not_to receive(:run_hook).with('post-receive')
 
@@ -34,5 +35,15 @@ describe GitHooksService do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when update hook failed' do
+      it 'should not call post-receive hook' do
+        expect(service).to receive(:run_hook).with('pre-receive').and_return(true)
+        expect(service).to receive(:run_hook).with('update').and_return(false)
+        expect(service).not_to receive(:run_hook).with('post-receive')
+
+        service.execute(user, @repo_path, @blankrev, @newrev, @ref)
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 end