diff --git a/app/models/commit_range.rb b/app/models/commit_range.rb
index b3712aed056c737f5bb336552fd911cf3adace1a..19b1a218e451c43f5a31eba8910996e70c7d0e40 100644
--- a/app/models/commit_range.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit_range.rb
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ class CommitRange
       raise ArgumentError, "invalid CommitRange string format: #{range_string}"
     end
 
-    @inclusive = range_string !~ /\.{3}/
+    @inclusive = !range_string.include?('...')
     @sha_from, @notation, @sha_to = range_string.split(/(\.{2,3})/, 2)
 
     @project = project
-
-    @_commit_map = {}
   end
 
   def inspect
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ class CommitRange
   # Returns `[nil, nil]` if `valid_commits?` is falsey
   def to_a
     if valid_commits?
-      [commit(sha_from), commit(sha_to)]
+      [commit_from, commit_to]
     else
       [nil, nil]
     end
@@ -104,25 +102,24 @@ class CommitRange
     return nil   unless project.present?
     return false unless project.valid_repo?
 
-    commit(sha_from).present? && commit(sha_to).present?
+    commit_from.present? && commit_to.present?
   end
 
   def persisted?
     true
   end
 
-  private
+  def commit_from
+    @commit_from ||= project.repository.commit(sha_from_as_param)
+  end
 
-  def sha_from_as_param
-    sha_from + (inclusive? ? '^' : '')
+  def commit_to
+    @commit_to ||= project.repository.commit(sha_to)
   end
 
-  def commit(sha)
-    unless @_commit_map[sha]
-      # FIXME (rspeicher): Law of Demeter
-      @_commit_map[sha] = project.repository.commit(sha)
-    end
+  private
 
-    @_commit_map[sha]
+  def sha_from_as_param
+    sha_from + (inclusive? ? '^' : '')
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_range_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_range_spec.rb
index 2d1c1bd104900ed295e04ed16a3c169a0dc84443..474d60ff0914424d2ae4688d3f1100d21a163016 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_range_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_range_spec.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ describe CommitRange do
 
       before do
         expect(range).to receive(:valid_commits?).and_return(true)
-        allow(range).to receive(:commit).with(sha_from).and_return(commit1)
-        allow(range).to receive(:commit).with(sha_to).and_return(commit2)
+        allow(range).to receive(:commit_from).and_return(commit1)
+        allow(range).to receive(:commit_to).and_return(commit2)
       end
 
       it 'returns an Array of Commits' do