diff --git a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
index d43170e525cc6..85bfe9ab4f64a 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@
 							<pre class="commit-body" style="display: none;">{{RenderCommitBody .Message $commitRepoLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</pre>
 							{{end}}
 						</td>
-						<td class="text right aligned">{{TimeSince .Author.When $.Lang}}</td>
+						{{if .Committer}}
+							<td class="text right aligned">{{TimeSince .Committer.When $.Lang}}</td>
+						{{else}}
+							<td class="text right aligned">{{TimeSince .Author.When $.Lang}}</td>
+						{{end}}
 					</tr>
 				{{end}}
 			</tbody>
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
index d490220694750..7c76d8787520a 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 					</span>
 				{{end}}
 			</th>
-			<th class="text grey right age">{{if .LatestCommit}}{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}{{TimeSince .LatestCommit.Author.When $.Lang}}{{end}}{{end}}</th>
+			<th class="text grey right age">{{if .LatestCommit}}{{if .LatestCommit.Committer}}{{TimeSince .LatestCommit.Committer.When $.Lang}}{{end}}{{end}}</th>
 		</tr>
 	</thead>
 	<tbody>