diff --git a/pkg/gui/background.go b/pkg/gui/background.go
index cedc6a78c..8795b49aa 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/background.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/background.go
@@ -155,13 +155,7 @@ func (self *BackgroundRoutineMgr) goEvery(interval time.Duration, stop chan stru
 func (self *BackgroundRoutineMgr) backgroundFetch() (err error) {
 	err = self.gui.git.Sync.FetchBackground()
 
-	self.gui.c.Refresh(types.RefreshOptions{Scope: []types.RefreshableView{types.BRANCHES, types.COMMITS, types.REMOTES, types.TAGS, types.PULL_REQUESTS}, Mode: types.SYNC})
-
-	if err == nil {
-		err = self.gui.helpers.BranchesHelper.AutoForwardBranches()
-	}
-
-	return err
+	return self.gui.helpers.BranchesHelper.PostFetchRefresh(err)
 }
 
 func (self *BackgroundRoutineMgr) triggerImmediateFetch() {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go
index 1513a324e..c8d50d54d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go
@@ -1348,13 +1348,7 @@ func (self *FilesController) fetch() error {
 			return errors.New(self.c.Tr.PassUnameWrong)
 		}
 
-		self.c.Refresh(types.RefreshOptions{Scope: []types.RefreshableView{types.BRANCHES, types.COMMITS, types.REMOTES, types.TAGS, types.PULL_REQUESTS}, Mode: types.SYNC})
-
-		if err == nil {
-			err = self.c.Helpers().BranchesHelper.AutoForwardBranches()
-		}
-
-		return err
+		return self.c.Helpers().BranchesHelper.PostFetchRefresh(err)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/branches_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/branches_helper.go
index c3f4242bf..a53bf2181 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/branches_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/branches_helper.go
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@ func (self *BranchesHelper) deleteRemoteBranches(remoteBranches []*models.Remote
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (self *BranchesHelper) PostFetchRefresh(fetchErr error) error {
+	self.c.Refresh(types.RefreshOptions{
+		Scope: []types.RefreshableView{
+			types.BRANCHES, types.COMMITS, types.REMOTES, types.TAGS, types.PULL_REQUESTS,
+		},
+		Mode: types.SYNC,
+	})
+	if fetchErr != nil {
+		return fetchErr
+	}
+	return self.AutoForwardBranches()
+}
+
 func (self *BranchesHelper) AutoForwardBranches() error {
 	if self.c.UserConfig().Git.AutoForwardBranches == "none" {
 		return nil