diff --git a/app/models/merge_request_diff.rb b/app/models/merge_request_diff.rb
index 0684461..9febdb4 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request_diff.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request_diff.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class MergeRequestDiff < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   delegate :target_branch, :source_branch, to: :merge_request, prefix: nil
 
-  state_machine :state, initial: :empty do
+  state_machine :state, initial: :collected do
     state :collected
     state :timeout
     state :overflow_commits_safe_size
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