diff --git a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
index 5f06bf45d409..c7b16f147161 100644
--- a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 									<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.Publisher.Name}}">{{.Publisher.Name}}</a>
 								</span>
 								{{ end }}
-								<span class="ahead"><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/compare/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}...{{.Target}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.commits" .NumCommitsBehind | Str2html}}</a> {{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.target" $.DefaultBranch}}</span>
+								<span class="ahead"><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/compare/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}...{{if .Target}}{{.Target}}{{else}}{{$.DefaultBranch}}{{end}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.commits" .NumCommitsBehind | Str2html}}</a> {{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.target" $.DefaultBranch}}</span>
 							</p>
 							<div class="download">
 							{{if $.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode}}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 									<span class="time">{{TimeSinceUnix .CreatedUnix $.Lang}}</span>
 								{{end}}
 								{{if not .IsDraft}}
-									| <span class="ahead"><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/compare/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}...{{.Target}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.commits" .NumCommitsBehind | Str2html}}</a> {{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.target" .Target}}</span>
+									| <span class="ahead"><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/compare/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}...{{if .Target}}{{.Target}}{{else}}{{$.DefaultBranch}}{{end}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.commits" .NumCommitsBehind | Str2html}}</a> {{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.target" .Target}}</span>
 								{{end}}
 							</p>
 							<div class="markup desc">