diff --git a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
index bfc4485..d9b9d12 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/git.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/git.py
@@ -1046,6 +1046,9 @@ def is_forced_push(oldrev, newrev, abspath):
     Doc: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12258773
     """
 
+    if set(oldrev) == set('0'):
+        # This is a push that's creating a new branch => certainly ok
+        return False
     # Returns if there was any commits deleted in the changeset
     cmd = ['rev-list', '%s' % oldrev, '^%s' % newrev]
     out = pagure.lib.git.read_git_lines(cmd, abspath)
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py b/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py
index 0e22eea..1892b8a 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py
@@ -3194,6 +3194,15 @@ index 0000000..60f7480
             cwd='/tmp', shell=True, stderr=-1, stdout=-1
         )
 
+    def test_is_forced_push_new_branch(self):
+        self.assertFalse(
+            pagure.lib.git.is_forced_push(
+                '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+                '^0e6e0b6c931d65ee22f67205a53933d841c6eeff',
+                'path/is/not/important'
+            )
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)