diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py b/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py
@@ -266,12 +266,14 @@ class ReposController(BaseController):
         # url('edit_repo', repo_name=ID)
         repo_model = RepoModel()
         c.repo_info = repo_model.get_by_repo_name(repo_name)
+        r = ScmModel().get(repo_name)
+
         if c.repo_info.stats:
             last_rev = c.repo_info.stats.stat_on_revision
         else:
             last_rev = 0
         c.stats_revision = last_rev
-        r = ScmModel().get(repo_name)
+
         c.repo_last_rev = r.revisions[-1] if r.revisions else 0
 
         if last_rev == 0:
@@ -280,7 +282,6 @@ class ReposController(BaseController):
             c.stats_percentage = '%.2f' % ((float((last_rev)) /
                                             c.repo_last_rev) * 100)
 
-
         if not c.repo_info:
             h.flash(_('%s repository is not mapped to db perhaps'
                       ' it was created or renamed from the filesystem'
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ class ReposController(BaseController):
 
             return redirect(url('repos'))
 
-        defaults = c.repo_info.__dict__
+        defaults = c.repo_info.__dict__.copy()
         if c.repo_info.user:
             defaults.update({'user':c.repo_info.user.username})
         else: