diff --git a/app/helpers/compare_helper.rb b/app/helpers/compare_helper.rb
index ea2540bf385..5ff19b88293 100644
--- a/app/helpers/compare_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/compare_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module CompareHelper
   def compare_to_mr_button?
-    params[:from].present? && params[:to].present? &&
+    @project.merge_requests_enabled &&
+      params[:from].present? && 
+      params[:to].present? &&
       @repository.branch_names.include?(params[:from]) &&
       @repository.branch_names.include?(params[:to]) &&
       params[:from] != params[:to] &&