diff --git a/app/helpers/branches_helper.rb b/app/helpers/branches_helper.rb
index c533659b600f8d0a37b30e6374efee32cc14f6cc..601df5c18df14c353313da58554c7f6236d9582b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/branches_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/branches_helper.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module BranchesHelper
   def can_push_branch?(project, branch_name)
     return false unless project.repository.branch_exists?(branch_name)
 
-    ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(current_user, project).can_push_to_branch?(branch_name)
+    ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(current_user, project, 'web').can_push_to_branch?(branch_name)
   end
 
   def project_branches
diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index cb0f871897a346b5dd7a954b3a3ac6ad1d65e0f3..4f7e1d2f302fc31029b2883b0cbdfa971c8aac33 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def can_be_merged_by?(user)
-    ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(user, project).can_push_to_branch?(target_branch)
+    ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(user, project, 'web').can_push_to_branch?(target_branch)
   end
 
   def mergeable_ci_state?
diff --git a/app/services/commits/change_service.rb b/app/services/commits/change_service.rb
index 6b69cb53b2c6bad66dc972023c3e12f476b4dd18..c578097376a632d349d73257be0072d40b0dc8bc 100644
--- a/app/services/commits/change_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/commits/change_service.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Commits
     private
 
     def check_push_permissions
-      allowed = ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(current_user, project).can_push_to_branch?(@target_branch)
+      allowed = ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(current_user, project, 'web').can_push_to_branch?(@target_branch)
 
       unless allowed
         raise ValidationError.new('You are not allowed to push into this branch')
diff --git a/app/services/files/base_service.rb b/app/services/files/base_service.rb
index 0326a8823e975c20a7a02825ba1b1da94f27868f..4bdb68a3698ffe4b7fe46dbd1aeb41e80ad12658 100644
--- a/app/services/files/base_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/files/base_service.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module Files
     end
 
     def validate
-      allowed = ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(current_user, project).can_push_to_branch?(@target_branch)
+      allowed = ::Gitlab::GitAccess.new(current_user, project, 'web').can_push_to_branch?(@target_branch)
 
       unless allowed
         raise_error("You are not allowed to push into this branch")
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb b/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb
index 93b75a7bb0542766d28ffed3aff0836ac594184d..7679c7e4bb8e4192918417c4859214213150406b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git_access.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
     attr_reader :actor, :project, :protocol
 
-    def initialize(actor, project, protocol = 'web')
+    def initialize(actor, project, protocol)
       @actor    = actor
       @project  = project
       @protocol = protocol
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb
index 81530bb2db763561d9500f09e5ca63015db84c68..c79ba11f782dbe0e946e483a41db568908f47be3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Gitlab::GitAccess, lib: true do
-  let(:access) { Gitlab::GitAccess.new(actor, project) }
+  let(:access) { Gitlab::GitAccess.new(actor, project, 'web') }
   let(:project) { create(:project) }
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
   let(:actor) { user }