diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index b7239236aea..f6e44a52485 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Repository
   def commit_count
     Rails.cache.fetch(cache_key(:commit_count)) do
       begin
-        raw_repository.raw.commit_count
+        raw_repository.raw.commit_count(self.root_ref)
       rescue
         0
       end