diff --git a/pagure/ui/repo.py b/pagure/ui/repo.py
index afd5b5b..71b946a 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/repo.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/repo.py
@@ -630,8 +630,11 @@ def view_raw_file(
     mimetype = None
     encoding = None
     if filename:
-        content = __get_file_in_tree(
-            repo_obj, commit.tree, filename.split('/'), bail_on_tree=True)
+        if isinstance(commit, pygit2.Blob):
+            content = commit
+        else:
+            content = __get_file_in_tree(
+                repo_obj, commit.tree, filename.split('/'), bail_on_tree=True)
         if not content or isinstance(content, pygit2.Tree):
             flask.abort(404, 'File not found')