diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 30be7262438496bf0f1d50263b3cbfc9726bbeb1..0776c7ccc5deb6e457162226009055dc91e12a89 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -160,14 +160,18 @@ class Repository
     tags.find { |tag| tag.name == name }
   end
 
-  def add_branch(user, branch_name, target)
+  def add_branch(user, branch_name, target, with_hooks: true)
     oldrev = Gitlab::Git::BLANK_SHA
     ref    = Gitlab::Git::BRANCH_REF_PREFIX + branch_name
     target = commit(target).try(:id)
 
     return false unless target
 
-    GitHooksService.new.execute(user, path_to_repo, oldrev, target, ref) do
+    if with_hooks
+      GitHooksService.new.execute(user, path_to_repo, oldrev, target, ref) do
+        update_ref!(ref, target, oldrev)
+      end
+    else
       update_ref!(ref, target, oldrev)
     end
 
diff --git a/app/services/commits/change_service.rb b/app/services/commits/change_service.rb
index 1c82599c5793d3f92db2ba4d4ee502a0e3f3ab58..2d4c9788d02aebefa557e8dbfa581dc548e66e7c 100644
--- a/app/services/commits/change_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/commits/change_service.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module Commits
       return success if repository.find_branch(new_branch)
 
       result = CreateBranchService.new(@project, current_user)
-                                  .execute(new_branch, @target_branch, source_project: @source_project)
+                                  .execute(new_branch, @target_branch, source_project: @source_project, with_hooks: false)
 
       if result[:status] == :error
         raise ChangeError, "There was an error creating the source branch: #{result[:message]}"
diff --git a/app/services/create_branch_service.rb b/app/services/create_branch_service.rb
index 757fc35a78fdf54f0a6c58498c6f371dbf94b48e..a6a3461e17b13452192f30112762a203c7e1debb 100644
--- a/app/services/create_branch_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/create_branch_service.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative 'base_service'
 
 class CreateBranchService < BaseService
-  def execute(branch_name, ref, source_project: @project)
+  def execute(branch_name, ref, source_project: @project, with_hooks: true)
     valid_branch = Gitlab::GitRefValidator.validate(branch_name)
 
     unless valid_branch
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CreateBranchService < BaseService
 
                    repository.find_branch(branch_name)
                  else
-                   repository.add_branch(current_user, branch_name, ref)
+                   repository.add_branch(current_user, branch_name, ref, with_hooks: with_hooks)
                  end
 
     if new_branch
diff --git a/app/services/files/base_service.rb b/app/services/files/base_service.rb
index 9bd4bd464f7940253aeb7fd48014fdae3ae22cb6..1802b932e0365b13e9b2341c1e19007a888fa0b3 100644
--- a/app/services/files/base_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/files/base_service.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module Files
     end
 
     def create_target_branch
-      result = CreateBranchService.new(project, current_user).execute(@target_branch, @source_branch, source_project: @source_project)
+      result = CreateBranchService.new(project, current_user).execute(@target_branch, @source_branch, source_project: @source_project, with_hooks: false)
 
       unless result[:status] == :success
         raise_error("Something went wrong when we tried to create #{@target_branch} for you: #{result[:message]}")