diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb
index 7c4cb35ec6..c378f14c26 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/refresh_service.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module MergeRequests
             # gitlab_git throws a Rugged::OdbError
             # This is fixed in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab_git/merge_requests/52
             @commits = @project.repository.commits_between(common_ref, @newrev) if common_ref
-          rescue => e
+          rescue
           end
 
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