diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_create_protected_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_create_protected_branch.html.haml
index 12ccae10260..24b53555cdc 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_create_protected_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_create_protected_branch.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 - content_for :merge_access_levels do
   .merge_access_levels-container
     = dropdown_tag('Select',
-                    options: { toggle_class: 'js-allowed-to-merge wide',
-                    dropdown_class: 'dropdown-menu-selectable capitalize-header',
+                    options: { toggle_class: 'js-allowed-to-merge qa-allowed-to-merge-select wide',
+                    dropdown_class: 'dropdown-menu-selectable qa-allowed-to-merge-dropdown capitalize-header',
                     data: { field_name: 'protected_branch[merge_access_levels_attributes][0][access_level]', input_id: 'merge_access_levels_attributes' }})
 - content_for :push_access_levels do
   .push_access_levels-container
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_update_protected_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_update_protected_branch.html.haml
index 98363f2018a..f242459f69b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_update_protected_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_update_protected_branch.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %td
   = hidden_field_tag "allowed_to_merge_#{protected_branch.id}", protected_branch.merge_access_levels.first.access_level
   = dropdown_tag( (protected_branch.merge_access_levels.first.humanize || 'Select') ,
-                 options: { toggle_class: 'js-allowed-to-merge', dropdown_class: 'dropdown-menu-selectable js-allowed-to-merge-container capitalize-header',
+                 options: { toggle_class: 'js-allowed-to-merge qa-allowed-to-merge', dropdown_class: 'dropdown-menu-selectable js-allowed-to-merge-container capitalize-header',
                  data: { field_name: "allowed_to_merge_#{protected_branch.id}", access_level_id: protected_branch.merge_access_levels.first.id }})
 %td
   = hidden_field_tag "allowed_to_push_#{protected_branch.id}", protected_branch.push_access_levels.first.access_level
diff --git a/qa/qa/factory/resource/branch.rb b/qa/qa/factory/resource/branch.rb
index d0ef142e90d..85ea847b785 100644
--- a/qa/qa/factory/resource/branch.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/factory/resource/branch.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ module QA
   module Factory
     module Resource
       class Branch < Factory::Base
-        attr_accessor :project, :branch_name, :allow_to_push, :protected
+        attr_accessor :project, :branch_name,
+                      :allow_to_push, :allow_to_merge, :protected
 
         dependency Factory::Resource::Project, as: :project do |project|
           project.name = 'protected-branch-project'
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ module QA
         def initialize
           @branch_name = 'test/branch'
           @allow_to_push = true
+          @allow_to_merge = true
           @protected = false
         end
 
@@ -63,6 +65,16 @@ module QA
                 page.allow_no_one_to_push
               end
 
+              if allow_to_merge
+                page.allow_devs_and_masters_to_merge
+              else
+                page.allow_no_one_to_merge
+              end
+
+              page.wait(reload: false) do
+                !page.first('.btn-create').disabled?
+              end
+
               page.protect_branch
             end
           end
diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/settings/protected_branches.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/settings/protected_branches.rb
index f3563401124..23c3217d3f7 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/settings/protected_branches.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/settings/protected_branches.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ module QA
           view 'app/views/projects/protected_branches/_create_protected_branch.html.haml' do
             element :allowed_to_push_select
             element :allowed_to_push_dropdown
+            element :allowed_to_merge_select
+            element :allowed_to_merge_dropdown
+          end
+
+          view 'app/views/projects/protected_branches/_update_protected_branch.html.haml' do
+            element :allowed_to_push
+            element :allowed_to_merge
           end
 
           view 'app/views/projects/protected_branches/shared/_branches_list.html.haml' do
@@ -30,11 +37,19 @@ module QA
           end
 
           def allow_no_one_to_push
-            allow_to_push('No one')
+            click_allow(:push, 'No one')
           end
 
           def allow_devs_and_masters_to_push
-            allow_to_push('Developers + Masters')
+            click_allow(:push, 'Developers + Masters')
+          end
+
+          def allow_no_one_to_merge
+            click_allow(:merge, 'No one')
+          end
+
+          def allow_devs_and_masters_to_merge
+            click_allow(:merge, 'Developers + Masters')
           end
 
           def protect_branch
@@ -55,11 +70,16 @@ module QA
 
           private
 
-          def allow_to_push(text)
-            click_element :allowed_to_push_select
+          def click_allow(action, text)
+            click_element :"allowed_to_#{action}_select"
 
-            within_element(:allowed_to_push_dropdown) do
+
+            within_element(:"allowed_to_#{action}_dropdown") do
               click_on text
+
+              wait(reload: false) do
+                has_css?('.is-active')
+              end
             end
           end
         end