diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 32b0145ca24df983129242ebf5a5102faa85bf2d..80f1c0d598aba81b1d308e1eec2534928575d29c 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     protected_branches_names.include?(branch_name)
   end
 
+  def developers_can_push_to_protected_branch?(branch_name)
+    protected_branches.map{ |pb| pb.developers_can_push if pb.name == branch_name }.compact.first
+  end
+
   def forked?
     !(forked_project_link.nil? || forked_project_link.forked_from_project.nil?)
   end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb b/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb
index 875f8d8b3a3149fcda4717eea9777ef52a073548..09724ae2e9215aff9efe3eae548ac98918220eb9 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ module Gitlab
                    # and we dont allow remove of protected branch
                  elsif newrev == Gitlab::Git::BLANK_SHA
                    :remove_protected_branches
+                 elsif project.developers_can_push_to_protected_branch?(branch_name(ref))
+                   :push_code
                  else
                    :push_code_to_protected_branches
                  end