diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index b2ad1b7..13f55a8 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     if target_branch == source_branch
       errors.add :branch_conflict, "You can not use same branch for source and target branches"
     end
+
+    if self.project.merge_requests.where(source_branch: source_branch, target_branch: target_branch).opened.any?
+      errors.add :base, "There is already an open merge request for this branches"
+    end
   end
 
   def reload_code
--
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