diff --git a/server/remote/gitea/helper.go b/server/remote/gitea/helper.go
index 6f8b6c57b..56bdaa2fe 100644
--- a/server/remote/gitea/helper.go
+++ b/server/remote/gitea/helper.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func toRepo(from *gitea.Repository, privateMode bool) *model.Repo {
 		Link:      from.HTMLURL,
 		IsPrivate: private,
 		Clone:     from.CloneURL,
-		Branch:    "master",
+		Branch:    from.DefaultBranch,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/server/remote/gitea/helper_test.go b/server/remote/gitea/helper_test.go
index 621714648..80c22e9a8 100644
--- a/server/remote/gitea/helper_test.go
+++ b/server/remote/gitea/helper_test.go
@@ -203,9 +203,10 @@ func Test_parse(t *testing.T) {
 					UserName:  "gordon",
 					AvatarURL: "http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/8c58a0be77ee441bb8f8595b7f1b4e87",
 				},
-				CloneURL: "http://gitea.golang.org/gophers/hello-world.git",
-				HTMLURL:  "http://gitea.golang.org/gophers/hello-world",
-				Private:  true,
+				CloneURL:      "http://gitea.golang.org/gophers/hello-world.git",
+				HTMLURL:       "http://gitea.golang.org/gophers/hello-world",
+				Private:       true,
+				DefaultBranch: "master",
 			}
 			repo := toRepo(&from, false)
 			g.Assert(repo.FullName).Equal(from.FullName)