diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/pullrequests.py b/rhodecode/controllers/pullrequests.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/pullrequests.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/pullrequests.py
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ class PullrequestsController(BaseRepoCon
 
     @NotAnonymous()
     def create(self, repo_name):
+        repo = RepoModel()._get_repo(repo_name)
         try:
-            _form = PullRequestForm()().to_python(request.POST)
+            _form = PullRequestForm(repo.repo_id)().to_python(request.POST)
         except formencode.Invalid, errors:
             log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             if errors.error_dict.get('revisions'):
@@ -272,6 +273,12 @@ class PullrequestsController(BaseRepoCon
         c.cs_ranges, discovery_data = PullRequestModel().get_compare_data(
                                        org_repo, org_ref, other_repo, other_ref
                                       )
+        if c.cs_ranges:
+            # case we want a simple diff without incoming changesets, just
+            # for review purposes. Make the diff on the forked repo, with
+            # revision that is common ancestor
+            other_ref = ('rev', c.cs_ranges[-1].parents[0].raw_id)
+            other_repo = org_repo
 
         c.statuses = org_repo.statuses([x.raw_id for x in c.cs_ranges])
         # defines that we need hidden inputs with changesets