diff --git a/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb b/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb
index a77db47..73d36d0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/tree_helper.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ module TreeHelper
   end
 
   def allowed_tree_edit?
+    return false unless @repository.branch_names.include?(@ref)
+
     if @project.protected_branch? @ref
       can?(current_user, :push_code_to_protected_branches, @project)
     else
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