diff --git a/app/workers/process_commit_worker.rb b/app/workers/process_commit_worker.rb
index a6330a6c51f..5b25d980bdb 100644
--- a/app/workers/process_commit_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/process_commit_worker.rb
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ class ProcessCommitWorker
     commit = build_commit(project, commit_hash)
     author = commit.author || user
 
-    # this is a GitLab generated commit message, ignore it.
-    return if commit.merged_merge_request?(user)
-
     process_commit_message(project, commit, user, author, default)
     update_issue_metrics(commit, author)
   end
 
   def process_commit_message(project, commit, user, author, default = false)
+    # this is a GitLab generated commit message, ignore it.
+    return if commit.merged_merge_request?(user)
+
     closed_issues = default ? commit.closes_issues(user) : []
 
     close_issues(project, user, author, commit, closed_issues) if closed_issues.any?
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
index 28a8a79e36e..ea59978c58a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/commit.rb
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def parent_ids=(shas)
         @parent_ids = case shas
-                      when String then JSON.parse(shas)
+                      when String
+                        JSON.parse(shas)
                       else
                         shas
                       end
diff --git a/spec/workers/process_commit_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/process_commit_worker_spec.rb
index ca560fa63e2..76ef57b6b1e 100644
--- a/spec/workers/process_commit_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/process_commit_worker_spec.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe ProcessCommitWorker do
         project.repository.commit(sha)
       end
 
-      it 'does not process the commit' do
+      it 'it does not close any issues from the commit message' do
         expect(worker).not_to receive(:close_issues)
 
         worker.perform(project.id, user.id, commit.to_hash)