1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 47f7e0b1b28..6807c37f972 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -345,7 +345,11 @@ class ProjectsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def project_view_files?
-    current_user && current_user.project_view == 'files'
+    if current_user
+      current_user.project_view == 'files'
+    else
+      project_view_files_allowed?
+    end
   end
 
   # Override extract_ref from ExtractsPath, which returns the branch and file path
@@ -359,4 +363,8 @@ class ProjectsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   def get_id
     project.repository.root_ref
   end
+
+  def project_view_files_allowed?
+    !project.empty_repo? && can?(current_user, :download_code, project)
+  end
 end