diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitBrowseCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitBrowseCommand.java
index 25a4ced3fe..e459d79653 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitBrowseCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitBrowseCommand.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class GitBrowseCommand extends AbstractGitCommand
       logger.debug("load repository browser for revision {}", revId.name());
 
       treeWalk = new TreeWalk(repo);
-      if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(request.getPath()) && !"/".equals(request.getPath())) {
+      if (!isRootRequest(request)) {
         treeWalk.setFilter(PathFilter.create(request.getPath()));
       }
       revWalk = new RevWalk(repo);
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public class GitBrowseCommand extends AbstractGitCommand
         logger.error("could not find tree for {}", revId.name());
       }
 
-      if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(request.getPath())) {
+      if (isRootRequest(request)) {
         result = createEmtpyRoot();
         findChildren(result, repo, request, revId, treeWalk);
       } else {
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ public class GitBrowseCommand extends AbstractGitCommand
     return result;
   }
 
+  private boolean isRootRequest(BrowseCommandRequest request) {
+    return Strings.isNullOrEmpty(request.getPath()) || "/".equals(request.getPath());
+  }
+
   private FileObject findChildren(FileObject parent, org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository repo, BrowseCommandRequest request, ObjectId revId, TreeWalk treeWalk) throws IOException, RevisionNotFoundException {
     List<FileObject> files = Lists.newArrayList();
     while (treeWalk.next())