diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/shared/_branches_list.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/shared/_branches_list.html.haml
index 5c00bb6883c60697c6dda9272c5fa3a3c8a856de..2a0704bc7affc5010f382fd445386e4748db3c2c 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/shared/_branches_list.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/shared/_branches_list.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.panel.panel-default.protected-branches-list
+.panel.panel-default.protected-branches-list.js-protected-branches-list
   - if @protected_branches.empty?
     .panel-heading
       %h3.panel-title
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
           - if can_admin_project
             %th
       %tbody
+        %tr
+          %td.flash-container{ colspan: 5 }
         = yield
 
     = paginate @protected_branches, theme: 'gitlab'