diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ad9b2e85945..d8cbd8f0286 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     # Skip if user already created appropriate MR
     return false if project.merge_requests.where(source_branch: event.branch_name).opened.any?
 
+    # Skip if user removed branch right after that
+    return false unless project.repository.branch_names.include?(event.branch_name)
+
     true
   end