diff --git a/modules/indexer/stats/db.go b/modules/indexer/stats/db.go
index bc3fbc13d893..976bf2d632d6 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/stats/db.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/stats/db.go
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ func (db *DBIndexer) Index(id int64) error {
 	// Get latest commit for default branch
 	commitID, err := gitRepo.GetBranchCommitID(repo.DefaultBranch)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Unable to get commit ID for defaultbranch %s in %s", repo.DefaultBranch, repo.RepoPath())
+		if git.IsErrBranchNotExist(err) || git.IsErrNotExist((err)) {
+			log.Debug("Unable to get commit ID for defaultbranch %s in %s ... skipping this repository", repo.DefaultBranch, repo.RepoPath())
+			return nil
+		}
+		log.Error("Unable to get commit ID for defaultbranch %s in %s. Error: %v", repo.DefaultBranch, repo.RepoPath(), err)
 		return err
 	}