diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb
index 860ab408299..c344297ba8a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/commit_controller.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ class Projects::CommitController < Projects::ApplicationController
                 end
 
     begin
-      @suppress_diff = true if commit.diff_suppress? && !params[:force_show_diff]
-      @force_suppress_diff = commit.diff_force_suppress?
+      @diffs = @commit.diffs
     rescue Grit::Git::GitTimeout
-      @suppress_diff = true
-      @status = :huge_commit
+      @diffs = []
+      @diff_timeout = true
     end
 
     @note = project.build_commit_note(commit)
@@ -38,12 +37,7 @@ class Projects::CommitController < Projects::ApplicationController
     }
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.html do
-        if @status == :huge_commit
-          render "huge_commit" and return
-        end
-      end
-
+      format.html
       format.diff  { render text: @commit.to_diff }
       format.patch { render text: @commit.to_patch }
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/compare_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/compare_controller.rb
index 234b6058ff0..eae96396574 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/compare_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/compare_controller.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ class Projects::CompareController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @diffs         = compare.diffs
     @refs_are_same = compare.same
     @line_notes    = []
-    @timeout       = compare.timeout
-
-    diff_line_count = Commit::diff_line_count(@diffs)
-    @suppress_diff = Commit::diff_suppress?(@diffs, diff_line_count) && !params[:force_show_diff]
-    @force_suppress_diff = Commit::diff_force_suppress?(@diffs, diff_line_count)
+    @diff_timeout  = compare.timeout
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
index 7f9c238507e..fcc6384e27c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   def show
     @note_counts = Note.where(commit_id: @merge_request.commits.map(&:id)).
         group(:commit_id).count
+
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
       format.diff { render text: @merge_request.to_diff(current_user) }
@@ -43,16 +44,13 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
   def diffs
     @commit = @merge_request.last_commit
-
     @comments_allowed = @reply_allowed = true
-    @comments_target = {noteable_type: 'MergeRequest',
-                        noteable_id: @merge_request.id}
+    @comments_target = {
+      noteable_type: 'MergeRequest',
+      noteable_id: @merge_request.id
+    }
     @line_notes = @merge_request.notes.where("line_code is not null")
 
-    diff_line_count = Commit::diff_line_count(@merge_request.diffs)
-    @suppress_diff = Commit::diff_suppress?(@merge_request.diffs, diff_line_count) && !params[:force_show_diff]
-    @force_suppress_diff = Commit::diff_force_suppress?(@merge_request.diffs, diff_line_count)
-
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
       format.json { render json: { html: view_to_html_string("projects/merge_requests/show/_diffs") } }
@@ -76,12 +74,6 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @diffs = @merge_request.compare_diffs
     @note_counts = Note.where(commit_id: @commits.map(&:id)).
       group(:commit_id).count
-
-    if @diffs.any?
-      @diff_line_count = Commit::diff_line_count(@diffs)
-      @suppress_diff = Commit::diff_suppress?(@diffs, @diff_line_count)
-      @force_suppress_diff = @suppress_diff
-    end
   end
 
   def edit
diff --git a/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb b/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee4d4fbdff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module DiffHelper
+  def safe_diff_files(diffs)
+    if diff_hard_limit_enabled?
+      diffs.first(Commit::DIFF_HARD_LIMIT_FILES)
+    else
+      diffs.first(Commit::DIFF_SAFE_FILES)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def show_diff_size_warninig?(diffs)
+    safe_diff_files(diffs).size < diffs.size
+  end
+
+  def diff_hard_limit_enabled?
+    # Enabling hard limit allows user to see more diff information
+    if params[:force_show_diff].present?
+      true
+    else
+      false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 82876e10446..ff5392957ce 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Commit
   # User can force display of diff above this size
   DIFF_SAFE_FILES  = 100
   DIFF_SAFE_LINES  = 5000
+
   # Commits above this size will not be rendered in HTML
   DIFF_HARD_LIMIT_FILES = 1000
   DIFF_HARD_LIMIT_LINES = 50000
@@ -23,23 +24,7 @@ class Commit
 
     # Calculate number of lines to render for diffs
     def diff_line_count(diffs)
-      diffs.reduce(0){|sum, d| sum + d.diff.lines.count}
-    end
-
-    def diff_suppress?(diffs, line_count = nil)
-      # optimize - check file count first
-      return true if diffs.size > DIFF_SAFE_FILES
-
-      line_count ||= Commit::diff_line_count(diffs)
-      line_count > DIFF_SAFE_LINES
-    end
-
-    def diff_force_suppress?(diffs, line_count = nil)
-      # optimize - check file count first
-      return true if diffs.size > DIFF_HARD_LIMIT_FILES
-
-      line_count ||= Commit::diff_line_count(diffs)
-      line_count > DIFF_HARD_LIMIT_LINES
+      diffs.reduce(0) { |sum, d| sum + d.diff.lines.count }
     end
   end
 
@@ -60,14 +45,6 @@ class Commit
     @diff_line_count
   end
 
-  def diff_suppress?
-    Commit::diff_suppress?(self.diffs, diff_line_count)
-  end
-
-  def diff_force_suppress?
-    Commit::diff_force_suppress?(self.diffs, diff_line_count)
-  end
-
   # Returns a string describing the commit for use in a link title
   #
   # Example
diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index 530e1add8e7..28486fb41c6 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # Temporary fields to store compare vars
   # when creating new merge request
-  attr_accessor :can_be_created, :compare_failed, :compare_base_commit, :compare_commits, :compare_diffs
+  attr_accessor :can_be_created, :compare_failed, :compare_base_commit,
+    :compare_commits, :compare_diffs
 
   ActsAsTaggableOn.strict_case_match = true
   acts_as_taggable_on :labels
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
index 9c28d3d82d8..fb487539687 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ module MergeRequests
         merge_request.compare_failed = false
 
         # Try to collect diff for merge request.
-        # Note: even if diff is huge and we can't show it - we still should allow
-        # people to create MR.
         diffs = compare_action.diffs
 
         if diffs.present?
           merge_request.compare_diffs = diffs
+
+        elsif diffs == false
+          # satellite timeout return false
+          merge_request.can_be_created = false
+          merge_request.compare_failed = true
         end
       else
         merge_request.can_be_created = false
@@ -55,8 +58,6 @@ module MergeRequests
 
     rescue Gitlab::Satellite::BranchesWithoutParent
       return build_failed(merge_request, "Selected branches have no common commit so they cannot be merged.")
-    #rescue
-      #return build_failed(merge_request, "We cannot create merge request because of huge diff.")
     end
 
     def build_failed(merge_request, message)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/huge_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/huge_commit.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 398ce771426..00000000000
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/huge_commit.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-= render "projects/commit/commit_box"
-.alert.alert-danger
-  %h4 Commit diffs are too big to be displayed
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/show.html.haml
index da1b4c10f87..0a15aef6cb7 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commit/show.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 = render "commit_box"
-= render "projects/commits/diffs", diffs: @commit.diffs, project: @project
+= render "projects/commits/diffs", diffs: @diffs, project: @project
 = render "projects/notes/notes_with_form"
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_file.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_file.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45d1cd9c9a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_file.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+- file = project.repository.blob_at(@commit.id, diff.new_path)
+- file = project.repository.blob_at(@commit.parent_id, diff.old_path) unless file
+- return unless file
+.diff-file{id: "diff-#{i}"}
+  .diff-header{id: "file-path-#{hexdigest(diff.new_path || diff.old_path)}"}
+    - if diff.deleted_file
+      %span= diff.old_path
+
+      .diff-btn-group
+        - if @commit.parent_ids.present?
+          = link_to project_blob_path(project, tree_join(@commit.parent_id, diff.new_path)), { class: 'btn btn-small view-file' } do
+            View file @
+            %span.commit-short-id= @commit.short_id(6)
+    - else
+      %span= diff.new_path
+      - if diff_file_mode_changed?(diff)
+        %span.file-mode= "#{diff.a_mode} → #{diff.b_mode}"
+
+      .diff-btn-group
+        = link_to "#", class: "js-toggle-diff-comments btn btn-small" do
+          %i.icon-chevron-down
+          Diff comments
+        &nbsp;
+
+        - if @merge_request && @merge_request.source_project
+          = link_to project_edit_tree_path(@merge_request.source_project, tree_join(@merge_request.source_branch, diff.new_path), from_merge_request_id: @merge_request.id), { class: 'btn btn-small' } do
+            Edit
+          &nbsp;
+
+        = link_to project_blob_path(project, tree_join(@commit.id, diff.new_path)), { class: 'btn btn-small view-file' } do
+          View file @
+          %span.commit-short-id= @commit.short_id(6)
+
+
+  .diff-content
+    -# Skipp all non non-supported blobs
+    - return unless file.respond_to?('text?')
+    - if file.text?
+      - if params[:view] == 'parallel'
+        = render "projects/commits/parallel_view", diff: diff, project: project, file: file, index: i
+      - else
+        = render "projects/commits/text_file", diff: diff, index: i
+    - elsif file.image?
+      - old_file = project.repository.blob_at(@commit.parent_id, diff.old_path) if @commit.parent_id
+      = render "projects/commits/image", diff: diff, old_file: old_file, file: file, index: i
+    - else
+      .nothing-here-block No preview for this file type
+
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_head.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_head.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5aa542287fe..00000000000
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_head.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-%ul.bordered-list
-  - diffs.each_with_index do |diff, i|
-    %li
-      - if diff.deleted_file
-        %span.deleted-file
-          %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
-            %i.icon-minus
-            = diff.old_path
-      - elsif diff.renamed_file
-        %span.renamed-file
-          %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
-            %i.icon-minus
-            = diff.old_path
-            = "->"
-            = diff.new_path
-      - elsif diff.new_file
-        %span.new-file
-          %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
-            %i.icon-plus
-            = diff.new_path
-      - else
-        %span.edit-file
-          %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
-            %i.icon-adjust
-            = diff.new_path
-
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_stats.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_stats.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..846a1ee10e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_stats.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+.js-toggle-container
+  .commit-stat-summary
+    Showing
+    %strong.cdark #{pluralize(diffs.count, "changed file")}
+    - if current_controller?(:commit)
+      - unless @commit.has_zero_stats?
+        with
+        %strong.cgreen #{@commit.stats.additions} additions
+        and
+        %strong.cred #{@commit.stats.deletions} deletions
+    &nbsp;
+    = link_to '#', class: 'btn btn-small js-toggle-button' do
+      Show diff stats
+      %i.icon-chevron-down
+  .file-stats.js-toggle-content.hide
+    %ul.bordered-list
+      - diffs.each_with_index do |diff, i|
+        %li
+          - if diff.deleted_file
+            %span.deleted-file
+              %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
+                %i.icon-minus
+                = diff.old_path
+          - elsif diff.renamed_file
+            %span.renamed-file
+              %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
+                %i.icon-minus
+                = diff.old_path
+                = "->"
+                = diff.new_path
+          - elsif diff.new_file
+            %span.new-file
+              %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
+                %i.icon-plus
+                = diff.new_path
+          - else
+            %span.edit-file
+              %a{href: "#diff-#{i}"}
+                %i.icon-adjust
+                = diff.new_path
+
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_warning.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_warning.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05d516efa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_diff_warning.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.bs-callout.bs-callout-warning
+  %h4
+    Too many changes.
+    .pull-right
+      - unless diff_hard_limit_enabled?
+        = link_to "Reload with full diff", url_for(params.merge(force_show_diff: true)), class: "btn btn-small btn-warning"
+
+      - if current_controller?(:commit) or current_controller?(:merge_requests)
+        - if current_controller?(:commit)
+          = link_to "Plain diff", project_commit_path(@project, @commit, format: :diff), class: "btn btn-warning btn-small"
+          = link_to "Email patch", project_commit_path(@project, @commit, format: :patch), class: "btn btn-warning btn-small"
+        - elsif @merge_request && @merge_request.persisted?
+          = link_to "Plain diff", project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, format: :diff), class: "btn btn-warning btn-small"
+          = link_to "Email patch", project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, format: :patch), class: "btn btn-warning btn-small"
+  %p
+    To preserve performance only
+    %strong #{safe_diff_files(diffs).size} of #{diffs.size}
+    files displayed.
+
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_diffs.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_diffs.html.haml
index e062e9b8d54..64d6a2f09cf 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_diffs.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_diffs.html.haml
@@ -1,47 +1,6 @@
-- @suppress_diff ||= @suppress_diff || @force_suppress_diff
-- if @suppress_diff
-  .alert.alert-warning
-    %p
-      %strong Warning! This is a large diff.
-    %p
-      To preserve performance the diff is not shown.
-      - if current_controller?(:commit) or current_controller?(:merge_requests)
-        - if current_controller?(:commit)
-          Please, download the diff as
-          = link_to "plain diff", project_commit_path(@project, @commit, format: :diff), class: "underlined-link"
-          or
-          = link_to "email patch", project_commit_path(@project, @commit, format: :patch), class: "underlined-link"
-          instead.
-        - elsif @merge_request && @merge_request.persisted?
-          Please, download the diff as
-          = link_to "plain diff", project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, format: :diff), class: "underlined-link"
-          or
-          = link_to "email patch", project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, format: :patch), class: "underlined-link"
-          instead.
-    - unless @force_suppress_diff
-      %p
-        If you still want to see the diff
-        = link_to "click this link", url_for(force_show_diff: true), class: "underlined-link"
-
-
 .row
   .col-md-8
-    .js-toggle-container
-      .commit-stat-summary
-        Showing
-        %strong.cdark #{pluralize(diffs.count, "changed file")}
-        - if current_controller?(:commit)
-          - unless @commit.has_zero_stats?
-            with
-            %strong.cgreen #{@commit.stats.additions} additions
-            and
-            %strong.cred #{@commit.stats.deletions} deletions
-        &nbsp;
-        = link_to '#', class: 'btn btn-small js-toggle-button' do
-          Show diff stats
-          %i.icon-chevron-down
-      .file-stats.js-toggle-content.hide
-        = render "projects/commits/diff_head", diffs: diffs
+    = render 'projects/commits/diff_stats', diffs: diffs
   .col-md-4
     %ul.nav.nav-tabs
       %li.pull-right{class: params[:view] == 'parallel' ? 'active' : ''}
@@ -49,53 +8,16 @@
       %li.pull-right{class: params[:view] != 'parallel' ? 'active' : ''}
         = link_to "Inline Diff", url_for(view: 'inline'), {id: "commit-diff-viewtype"}
 
+- if show_diff_size_warninig?(diffs)
+  = render 'projects/commits/diff_warning', diffs: diffs
+
 .files
-  - unless @suppress_diff
-    - diffs.each_with_index do |diff, i|
-      - file = project.repository.blob_at(@commit.id, diff.new_path)
-      - file = project.repository.blob_at(@commit.parent_id, diff.old_path) unless file
-      - next unless file
-      .diff-file{id: "diff-#{i}"}
-        .diff-header{id: "file-path-#{hexdigest(diff.new_path || diff.old_path)}"}
-          - if diff.deleted_file
-            %span= diff.old_path
+  - safe_diff_files(diffs).each_with_index do |diff, i|
+    = render 'projects/commits/diff_file', diff: diff, i: i, project: project
 
-            .diff-btn-group
-              - if @commit.parent_ids.present?
-                = link_to project_blob_path(project, tree_join(@commit.parent_id, diff.new_path)), { class: 'btn btn-small view-file' } do
-                  View file @
-                  %span.commit-short-id= @commit.short_id(6)
-          - else
-            %span= diff.new_path
-            - if diff_file_mode_changed?(diff)
-              %span.file-mode= "#{diff.a_mode} → #{diff.b_mode}"
-
-            .diff-btn-group
-              = link_to "#", class: "js-toggle-diff-comments btn btn-small" do
-                %i.icon-chevron-down
-                Diff comments
-              &nbsp;
-
-              - if @merge_request && @merge_request.source_project
-                = link_to project_edit_tree_path(@merge_request.source_project, tree_join(@merge_request.source_branch, diff.new_path), from_merge_request_id: @merge_request.id), { class: 'btn btn-small' } do
-                  Edit
-                &nbsp;
-
-              = link_to project_blob_path(project, tree_join(@commit.id, diff.new_path)), { class: 'btn btn-small view-file' } do
-                View file @
-                %span.commit-short-id= @commit.short_id(6)
-
-
-        .diff-content
-          -# Skipp all non non-supported blobs
-          - next unless file.respond_to?('text?')
-          - if file.text?
-            - if params[:view] == 'parallel'
-              = render "projects/commits/parallel_view", diff: diff, project: project, file: file, index: i
-            - else
-              = render "projects/commits/text_file", diff: diff, index: i
-          - elsif file.image?
-            - old_file = project.repository.blob_at(@commit.parent_id, diff.old_path) if @commit.parent_id
-            = render "projects/commits/image", diff: diff, old_file: old_file, file: file, index: i
-          - else
-            .nothing-here-block No preview for this file type
+- if @diff_timeout
+  .alert.alert-danger
+    %h4
+      Failed to collect changes
+    %p
+      Maybe diff is really big and operation failed with timeout. Try to get diff localy
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_text_file.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_text_file.html.haml
index 8ced4133294..f5b0d711416 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_text_file.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_text_file.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- too_big = diff.diff.lines.count > 1000
+- too_big = diff.diff.lines.count > Commit::DIFF_SAFE_LINES
 - if too_big
   %a.supp_diff_link Changes suppressed. Click to show
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml
index b232d2a6b26..240bfe7484e 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml
@@ -18,18 +18,7 @@
     - else
       %ul.well-list= render Commit.decorate(@commits), project: @project
 
-  %h4 Changes
-  - if @diffs.present?
-    = render "projects/commits/diffs", diffs: @diffs, project: @project
-  - elsif @commits.size > MergeRequestDiff::COMMITS_SAFE_SIZE
-    .bs-callout.bs-callout-danger
-      %h4 This comparison includes more than #{MergeRequestDiff::COMMITS_SAFE_SIZE} commits.
-      %p To preserve performance the line changes are not shown.
-  - elsif @timeout
-    .bs-callout.bs-callout-danger
-      %h4 Number of changed files for this comparison is extremely large.
-      %p Use command line to browse through changes for this comparison.
-
+  = render "projects/commits/diffs", diffs: @diffs, project: @project
 
 - else
   .light-well
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml
index 76b5db419f7..99726172154 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         %div= msg
 
   - elsif @merge_request.source_branch.present? && @merge_request.target_branch.present?
-    - if @compare_failed
+    - if @merge_request.compare_failed
       .alert.alert-danger
         %h4 Compare failed
         %p We can't compare selected branches. It may be because of huge diff or satellite timeout. Please try again or select different branches.