diff --git a/routers/web/repo/compare.go b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
index 0ca1f90547e..92abe0ce259 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/compare.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func ParseCompareInfo(ctx *context.Context) *CompareInfo {
 		rootRepo.ID != ci.HeadRepo.ID &&
 		rootRepo.ID != baseRepo.ID {
 		canRead := access_model.CheckRepoUnitUser(ctx, rootRepo, ctx.Doer, unit.TypeCode)
-		if canRead && rootRepo.AllowsPulls() {
+		if canRead {
 			ctx.Data["RootRepo"] = rootRepo
 			if !fileOnly {
 				branches, tags, err := getBranchesAndTagsForRepo(ctx, rootRepo)
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl
index 4efe81682ce..d7a229501b3 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 							<div class="item" data-url="{{$.OwnForkRepo.Link}}/compare/{{PathEscapeSegments .}}{{$.CompareSeparator}}{{PathEscape $.HeadUser.Name}}/{{PathEscape $.HeadRepo.Name}}:{{PathEscapeSegments $.HeadBranch}}">{{$OwnForkCompareName}}:{{.}}</div>
 						{{end}}
 					{{end}}
-					{{if .RootRepo}}
+					{{if and .RootRepo .RootRepo.AllowsPulls}}
 						{{range .RootRepoBranches}}
 							<div class="item" data-url="{{$.RootRepo.Link}}/compare/{{PathEscapeSegments .}}{{$.CompareSeparator}}{{PathEscape $.HeadUser.Name}}/{{PathEscape $.HeadRepo.Name}}:{{PathEscapeSegments $.HeadBranch}}">{{$RootRepoCompareName}}:{{.}}</div>
 						{{end}}