diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js.coffee
index 7102a0673e9ea37a41c5b37ab21afcedaef31d86..84a8887fbceeda7b427af4b86dadd35aebf84a55 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget.js.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class @MergeRequestWidget
     @pollCIStatus()
     notifyPermissions()
 
+  setOpts: (@opts) ->
+
   mergeInProgress: (deleteSourceBranch = false)->
     $.ajax
       type: 'GET'
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ class @MergeRequestWidget
       @getCIStatus(true)
 
       @readyForCICheck = false
-    ), 5000
+    ), 10000
 
   getCIStatus: (showNotification) ->
     _this = @
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ class @MergeRequestWidget
         @firstCICheck = false
         @opts.ci_status = data.status
 
+      if @opts.ci_status is ''
+        @opts.ci_status = data.status
+        return
+
       if data.status isnt @opts.ci_status
         @showCIStatus data.status
         if data.coverage
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml
index 2be06aebe6c3fe21a645d32ad85221f3270f6865..92d953589379fe22c04ca9ddc8e014555ded109b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@
 
   if(typeof merge_request_widget === 'undefined') {
     merge_request_widget = new MergeRequestWidget(opts);
+  } else {
+    merge_request_widget.setOpts(opts);
   }