diff --git a/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml b/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml
index 1c529c91c5..e67e5a8a63 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/projects/_project.html.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
           = project.name
 
     .project-controls
-      - if ci && !project.empty_repo?
+      - if ci && !project.empty_repo? && project.commit
         - if ci_commit = project.ci_commit(project.commit.sha)
           = link_to ci_status_path(ci_commit), class: "c#{ci_status_color(ci_commit)}",
             title: "Build status: #{ci_commit.status}", data: {toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'left'} do