diff --git a/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/mercurial_adapter.rb b/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/mercurial_adapter.rb
index c0b879a91..04680f104 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/mercurial_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/scm/adapters/mercurial_adapter.rb
@@ -205,13 +205,8 @@ module Redmine
         end
 
         def annotate(path, identifier=nil)
-          path ||= ''
-          cmd = "#{self.class.sq_bin} -R #{target('')}"
-          cmd << " annotate -ncu"
-          cmd << " -r #{hgrev(identifier, true)}"
-          cmd << " #{target(path)}"
           blame = Annotate.new
-          shellout(cmd) do |io|
+          hg 'annotate', '-ncu', '-r', hgrev(identifier), hgtarget(path) do |io|
             io.each_line do |line|
               next unless line =~ %r{^([^:]+)\s(\d+)\s([0-9a-f]+):\s(.*)$}
               r = Revision.new(:author => $1.strip, :revision => $2, :scmid => $3,
@@ -219,8 +214,9 @@ module Redmine
               blame.add_line($4.rstrip, r)
             end
           end
-          return nil if $? && $?.exitstatus != 0
           blame
+        rescue HgCommandAborted
+          nil  # means not found or cannot be annotated
         end
 
         class Revision < Redmine::Scm::Adapters::Revision