diff --git a/modules/git/commit.go b/modules/git/commit.go
index 61428d23a..a114c902d 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func (c *Commit) GetSubModule(entryname string) (*SubModule, error) {
 
 // GetBranchName gets the closes branch name (as returned by 'git name-rev --name-only')
 func (c *Commit) GetBranchName() (string, error) {
-	data, err := NewCommand("name-rev", "--name-only", "--no-undefined", c.ID.String()).RunInDir(c.repo.Path)
+	data, err := NewCommand("name-rev", "--exclude", "refs/tags/*", "--name-only", "--no-undefined", c.ID.String()).RunInDir(c.repo.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		// handle special case where git can not describe commit
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cannot describe") {