diff --git a/app/services/ci/create_commit_service.rb b/app/services/ci/create_commit_service.rb
index 0ae35387579d94a6abdac45567d7e5e2fc328d2c..79b0291fabc5e0be56e7156862f86b5c1abf4f75 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/create_commit_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/create_commit_service.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ module Ci
 
       tag = origin_ref.start_with?('refs/tags/')
       commit = project.gl_project.ensure_ci_commit(sha)
-      return false if commit.skip_ci?
-
-      commit.update_committed!
-      commit.create_builds(ref, tag, user)
-
+      unless commit.skip_ci?
+        commit.update_committed!
+        commit.create_builds(ref, tag, user)
+      end
+      
       commit
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/project_services/mail_service_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/project_services/mail_service_spec.rb
index 2ce5c2b47076b1d71cee2f16148c1b03f4933594..d9b3d34ff1529bd04343f399b4b2fef6aac60a35 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/project_services/mail_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/project_services/mail_service_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe Ci::MailService do
       let(:project) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_project, email_add_pusher: true) }
       let(:gl_project) { FactoryGirl.create(:empty_project, gitlab_ci_project: project) }
       let(:commit) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_commit, gl_project: gl_project) }
-      let(:build) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_build, status: :failed, commit: commit, user: user) }
+      let(:build) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_build, status: 'failed', commit: commit, user: user) }
 
       before do
         allow(mail).to receive_messages(
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe Ci::MailService do
       end
       let(:gl_project) { FactoryGirl.create(:empty_project, gitlab_ci_project: project) }
       let(:commit) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_commit, gl_project: gl_project) }
-      let(:build) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_build, status: :failed, commit: commit, user: user) }
+      let(:build) { FactoryGirl.create(:ci_build, status: 'failed', commit: commit, user: user) }
 
       before do
         allow(mail).to receive_messages(