1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
index 49064f5d505..3e0cfc6aa65 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
@@ -207,20 +207,20 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
     #This is always source
     @source_project = @merge_request.nil? ? @project : @merge_request.source_project
     @commit = @repository.commit(params[:ref]) if params[:ref].present?
+    render layout: false
   end
 
   def branch_to
     @target_project = selected_target_project
     @commit = @target_project.commit(params[:ref]) if params[:ref].present?
+    render layout: false
   end
 
   def update_branches
     @target_project = selected_target_project
     @target_branches = @target_project.repository.branch_names
 
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.js
-    end
+    render layout: false
   end
 
   def ci_status
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
       end
     end
 
+    status = "preparing" if status.nil?
+
     response = {
       title: merge_request.title,
       sha: merge_request.last_commit_short_sha,