diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java
index b62848fb5a..0d93ca5b1c 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitHookChangesetCollector.java
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ public class GitHookChangesetCollector
 
         while (commit != null)
         {
+          // parse commit body to avoid npe
+          walk.parseBody(commit);
           Changeset changeset = converter.createChangeset(commit);
 
           List<String> branches = changeset.getBranches();