diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from webhelpers.html.tags import _set_in
 
 from vcs.utils.annotate import annotate_highlight
 from rhodecode.lib.utils import repo_name_slug
-from rhodecode.lib import str2bool, safe_unicode, safe_str
+from rhodecode.lib import str2bool, safe_unicode, safe_str,get_changeset_safe
 
 def _reset(name, value=None, id=NotGiven, type="reset", **attrs):
     """
@@ -275,21 +275,6 @@ def pygmentize_annotation(repo_name, fil
 
     return literal(annotate_highlight(filenode, url_func(repo_name), **kwargs))
 
-def get_changeset_safe(repo, rev):
-    from vcs.backends.base import BaseRepository
-    from vcs.exceptions import RepositoryError
-    if not isinstance(repo, BaseRepository):
-        raise Exception('You must pass an Repository '
-                        'object as first argument got %s', type(repo))
-
-    try:
-        cs = repo.get_changeset(rev)
-    except RepositoryError:
-        from rhodecode.lib.utils import EmptyChangeset
-        cs = EmptyChangeset()
-    return cs
-
-
 def is_following_repo(repo_name, user_id):
     from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel
     return ScmModel().is_following_repo(repo_name, user_id)