diff --git a/models/branches.go b/models/branches.go
index c09e72e988f..3d3cff84d33 100644
--- a/models/branches.go
+++ b/models/branches.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (protectBranch *ProtectedBranch) HasEnoughApprovals(pr *PullRequest) bool {
 
 // GetGrantedApprovalsCount returns the number of granted approvals for pr. A granted approval must be authored by a user in an approval whitelist.
 func (protectBranch *ProtectedBranch) GetGrantedApprovalsCount(pr *PullRequest) int64 {
-	reviews, err := GetReviewersByPullID(pr.Issue.ID)
+	reviews, err := GetReviewersByPullID(pr.IssueID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("GetReviewersByPullID: %v", err)
 		return 0
diff --git a/modules/pull/merge.go b/modules/pull/merge.go
index 3b653aac2da..3e5721ad72f 100644
--- a/modules/pull/merge.go
+++ b/modules/pull/merge.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func Merge(pr *models.PullRequest, doer *models.User, baseGitRepo *git.Repositor
 	}
 
 	// Fetch head branch
-	if err := git.NewCommand("fetch", remoteRepoName).RunInDirPipeline(tmpBasePath, nil, &errbuf); err != nil {
+	if err := git.NewCommand("fetch", remoteRepoName, pr.HeadBranch).RunInDirPipeline(tmpBasePath, nil, &errbuf); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("git fetch [%s -> %s]: %s", headRepoPath, tmpBasePath, errbuf.String())
 	}