diff --git a/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb
index 8cc1b27a1..ecc9007eb 100644
--- a/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/repositories_mercurial_controller_test.rb
@@ -445,6 +445,33 @@ class RepositoriesMercurialControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
       @project.reload
       assert_nil @project.repository
     end
+
+    def test_destroy_invalid_repository
+      @request.session[:user_id] = 1 # admin
+      @repository.fetch_changesets
+      @repository.reload
+      assert @repository.changesets.count > 0
+
+      get :destroy, :id => PRJ_ID
+      assert_response 302
+      @project.reload
+      assert_nil @project.repository
+
+      @repository = Repository::Mercurial.create(
+                      :project => Project.find(PRJ_ID),
+                      :url     => "/invalid",
+                      :path_encoding => 'ISO-8859-1'
+                      )
+      assert @repository
+      @repository.fetch_changesets
+      @repository.reload
+      assert_equal 0, @repository.changesets.count
+
+      get :destroy, :id => PRJ_ID
+      assert_response 302
+      @project.reload
+      assert_nil @project.repository
+    end
   else
     puts "Mercurial test repository NOT FOUND. Skipping functional tests !!!"
     def test_fake; assert true end