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
@@ -282,10 +282,9 @@ class ReposController(BaseController):
         """GET /repos/repo_name/edit: Form to edit an existing item"""
         # url('edit_repo', repo_name=ID)
         repo_model = RepoModel()
+        r = ScmModel().get(repo_name)
         c.repo_info = repo_model.get_by_repo_name(repo_name)
 
-        r = ScmModel().get(repo_name)
-
         if c.repo_info is None:
             h.flash(_('%s repository is not mapped to db perhaps'
                       ' it was created or renamed from the filesystem'