diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb
index a4cc64de80d6f68b06eccd2092252c46f6133923..7f2e6441f1691aaba18a7fcc60b27a651d0fcedb 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/commit_service.rb
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def list_commits_by_oid(oids)
+        return [] if oids.empty?
+
         request = Gitaly::ListCommitsByOidRequest.new(repository: @gitaly_repo, oid: oids)
 
         response = GitalyClient.call(@repository.storage, :commit_service, :list_commits_by_oid, request, timeout: GitalyClient.medium_timeout)
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/commit_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/commit_spec.rb
index 5af982c7a549f7528cb44a7ed8ba5b0b552e8f85..ae69a362dda958f3cc758d650f107a95c022cb60 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/commit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/commit_spec.rb
@@ -421,6 +421,16 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Commit, seed_helper: true do
       end
     end
 
+    describe '#batch_by_oid' do
+      context 'when oids is empty' do
+        it 'makes no Gitaly request' do
+          expect(Gitlab::GitalyClient).not_to receive(:call)
+
+          described_class.batch_by_oid(repository, [])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     shared_examples 'extracting commit signature' do
       context 'when the commit is signed' do
         let(:commit_id) { '0b4bc9a49b562e85de7cc9e834518ea6828729b9' }