diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 61eb24f1c530e4f8d05e7763e702833e7a12d4d5..e43edc5d7ad06ffdd9969b9b01be16a4db6c2b54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ v 6.9.0
   - Improve issue and merge request mobile UI (Drew Blessing)
   - Document how to convert a backup to PostgreSQL
   - Fix locale bug in backup manager
+  - Fix wiki backup skip bug
 
 v 6.8.0
   - Ability to at mention users that are participating in issue and merge req. discussion
diff --git a/lib/backup/repository.rb b/lib/backup/repository.rb
index 214d9824ee125cf118bbb0de835169d97f3e3fa8..6f7c4f7c9091ac2c010e317c59764df8315297c8 100644
--- a/lib/backup/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/backup/repository.rb
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ module Backup
       Project.find_each(batch_size: 1000) do |project|
         print " * #{project.path_with_namespace} ... "
 
-        if project.empty_repo?
-          puts "[SKIPPED]".cyan
-          next
-        end
-
         # Create namespace dir if missing
         FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(backup_repos_path, project.namespace.path)) if project.namespace
 
-        if system(*%W(git --git-dir=#{path_to_repo(project)} bundle create #{path_to_bundle(project)} --all), silent)
+        if project.empty_repo?
+          puts "[SKIPPED]".cyan
+        elsif system(*%W(git --git-dir=#{path_to_repo(project)} bundle create #{path_to_bundle(project)} --all), silent)
           puts "[DONE]".green
         else
           puts "[FAILED]".red