diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/commit/pipelines/pipelines_table.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/commit/pipelines/pipelines_table.js.es6
index e7c6c063413893ac74bc132bd3c152abb60d9d0a..cd2bd883d322ea33c0478aa481e38d88c8bdceca 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/commit/pipelines/pipelines_table.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/commit/pipelines/pipelines_table.js.es6
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ const PipelineStore = require('./pipelines_store');
       return pipelinesService.all()
         .then(response => response.json())
         .then((json) => {
-          this.store.storePipelines(json);
+          // depending of the endpoint the response can either bring a `pipelines` key or not.
+          const pipelines = json.pipelines || json;
+          this.store.storePipelines(pipelines);
           this.isLoading = false;
         })
         .catch(() => {
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
index 53f30a2431237d8c290b11b27da94ee991615e17..825e8e327a4b6d0f19e4b853d495021a6d998399 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller.rb
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ class Projects::MergeRequestsController < Projects::ApplicationController
       format.json do
         define_pipelines_vars
 
-        render json: PipelineSerializer
+        render json: {
+          pipelines: PipelineSerializer
           .new(project: @project, user: @current_user)
           .represent(@pipelines)
+        }
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
index 1ced666bb3689ba44749a3594d17ca92545f68ef..506dfe0ad8c7eb1e5e9435688500b162af794b4f 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
           submit_new_merge_request(format: :json)
 
           expect(response).to be_ok
-          expect(json_response).not_to be_empty
+          expect(json_response).to have_key 'pipelines'
+          expect(json_response['pipelines']).not_to be_empty
         end
       end
     end