diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index bf45f48e61a07ebae17142cd5ec356628e354f87..38ef1b2c57b82079cbc88b6ce8db5d63131a9621 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -741,29 +741,30 @@ class Repository
     end
   end
 
-  def update_file(user, path, previous_path, content, message, branch, update)
+  # previous_path, message, update
+  def update_file(user, path, content, branch, options={})
     commit_with_hooks(user, branch) do |ref|
       committer = user_to_committer(user)
-      options = {}
-      options[:committer] = committer
-      options[:author] = committer
-      options[:commit] = {
-        message: message,
+      commit_options = {}
+      commit_options[:committer] = committer
+      commit_options[:author] = committer
+      commit_options[:commit] = {
+        message: options[:message],
         branch: ref
       }
 
-      options[:file] = {
+      commit_options[:file] = {
         content: content,
         path: path,
-        update: update
+        update: options[:update]
       }
 
-      if previous_path
-        options[:file].merge!(previous_path: previous_path)
+      if options[:previous_path]
+        commit_options[:file].merge!(previous_path: options[:previous_path])
 
-        Gitlab::Git::Blob.rename(raw_repository, options)
+        Gitlab::Git::Blob.rename(raw_repository, commit_options)
       else
-        Gitlab::Git::Blob.commit(raw_repository, options)
+        Gitlab::Git::Blob.commit(raw_repository, commit_options)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/services/files/update_service.rb b/app/services/files/update_service.rb
index 6d015642b910dc7eaf2541bee4bc9e60cf1d37be..7835d7eba44bb399cec0deec8a81f3f631082f18 100644
--- a/app/services/files/update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/files/update_service.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ module Files
   class UpdateService < Files::BaseService
     def commit
       # Need to update file_path with the new filename
-      repository.update_file(current_user, @file_path, @previous_path, @file_content, @commit_message, @target_branch, true)
+      repository.update_file(current_user, @file_path, @file_content,
+                             @target_branch, previous_path: @previous_path,
+                             message: @commit_message, update: true)
     end
   end
 end