diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index b47238b52f1..e6ab3b484a2 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ class Repository
 
   # items is an Array like: [[oid, path], [oid1, path1]]
   def blobs_at(items)
+    return [] unless exists?
+
     raw_repository.batch_blobs(items).map { |blob| Blob.decorate(blob, project) }
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index ac5874fd0f7..4978c43c9b5 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -1237,6 +1237,27 @@ describe Repository do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#blobs_at' do
+    let(:empty_repository) { create(:project_empty_repo).repository }
+
+    it 'returns empty array for an empty repository' do
+      # rubocop:disable Style/WordArray
+      expect(empty_repository.blobs_at(['master', 'foobar'])).to eq([])
+      # rubocop:enable Style/WordArray
+    end
+
+    it 'returns blob array for a non-empty repository' do
+      repository.create_file(User.last, 'foobar', 'CONTENT', message: 'message', branch_name: 'master')
+
+      # rubocop:disable Style/WordArray
+      blobs = repository.blobs_at([['master', 'foobar']])
+      # rubocop:enable Style/WordArray
+
+      expect(blobs.first.name).to eq('foobar')
+      expect(blobs.size).to eq(1)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#root_ref' do
     it 'returns a branch name' do
       expect(repository.root_ref).to be_an_instance_of(String)