diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/remote_repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/remote_repository.rb
index 6bd6e58feeb..f40e59a8dd0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/remote_repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/remote_repository.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Gitlab
     # class.
     #
     class RemoteRepository
-      attr_reader :path, :relative_path, :gitaly_repository
+      attr_reader :relative_path, :gitaly_repository
 
       def initialize(repository)
         @relative_path = repository.relative_path
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ module Gitlab
         # These instance variables will not be available in gitaly-ruby, where
         # we have no disk access to this repository.
         @repository = repository
-        @path = repository.path
       end
 
       def empty?
@@ -69,6 +68,10 @@ module Gitlab
         env
       end
 
+      def path
+        @repository.path
+      end
+
       private
 
       # Must return an object that responds to 'address' and 'storage'.
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
index 0d07fb85213..0ad2d385051 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
@@ -1179,6 +1179,8 @@ module Gitlab
           if is_enabled
             gitaly_fetch_ref(source_repository, source_ref: source_ref, target_ref: target_ref)
           else
+            # When removing this code, also remove source_repository#path
+            # to remove deprecated method calls
             local_fetch_ref(source_repository.path, source_ref: source_ref, target_ref: target_ref)
           end
         end