diff --git a/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/ui/RepositoryChangesBrowserNode.kt b/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/ui/RepositoryChangesBrowserNode.kt
index d0be4bd0b3e9..56614398cc0e 100644
--- a/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/ui/RepositoryChangesBrowserNode.kt
+++ b/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/ui/RepositoryChangesBrowserNode.kt
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ class RepositoryChangesBrowserNode(repository: Repository) : ChangesBrowserNode<
   override fun render(renderer: ChangesBrowserNodeRenderer, selected: Boolean, expanded: Boolean, hasFocus: Boolean) {
     renderer.icon = ColorIcon(ICON_SIZE, getBackgroundColor(colorManager.getRootColor(getUserObject().root)))
     renderer.append(" $textPresentation", REGULAR_ATTRIBUTES)
-    val localBranch = getUserObject().currentBranchName
-    if (localBranch != null) {
-      renderer.append(" ($localBranch", REGULAR_ATTRIBUTES)
-      val remoteBranch = getUserObject().currentRemoteBranchName
-      if (remoteBranch != null) {
-        renderer.append(" ${UIUtil.rightArrow()} $remoteBranch")
+    if (renderer.isShowingLocalChanges) {
+      val localBranch = getUserObject().currentBranchName
+      if (localBranch != null) {
+        renderer.append(" ($localBranch", REGULAR_ATTRIBUTES)
+        val remoteBranch = getUserObject().currentRemoteBranchName
+        if (remoteBranch != null) {
+          renderer.append(" ${UIUtil.rightArrow()} $remoteBranch")
+        }
+        renderer.append(")")
       }
-      renderer.append(")")
     }
     appendCount(renderer)
   }
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangesBrowserNodeRenderer.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangesBrowserNodeRenderer.java
index f6c774162ced..1367f409e7b6 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangesBrowserNodeRenderer.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ui/ChangesBrowserNodeRenderer.java
@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@ public class ChangesBrowserNodeRenderer extends ColoredTreeCellRenderer {
     Icon icon = isDirectory ? PlatformIcons.FOLDER_ICON : fileType.getIcon();
     setIcon(icon);
   }
+
+  public boolean isShowingLocalChanges() {
+    return myHighlightProblems;
+  }
 }