diff --git a/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
index 7860689c7515..7fe1703fc804 100644
--- a/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
 			<table class="ui very basic striped fixed table single line">
 				<tbody>
 					<tr>
-						<td>{{.DefaultBranch}}</td>
+						<td>
+							{{if .IsProtected}}
+								<i class="octicon octicon-shield"></i>
+							{{end}}
+							{{.DefaultBranch}}
+						</td>
 					</tr>
 				</tbody>
 			</table>
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@
 										<s><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/branch/{{.Name | EscapePound}}">{{.Name}}</a></s>
 										<p class="time">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.branch.deleted_by" .DeletedBranch.DeletedBy.Name}} {{TimeSinceUnix .DeletedBranch.DeletedUnix $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
 									{{else}}
+										{{if .IsProtected}}
+											<i class="octicon octicon-shield"></i>
+										{{end}}
 										<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/branch/{{.Name | EscapePound}}">{{.Name}}</a>
 										<p class="time">{{$.i18n.Tr "org.repo_updated"}} {{TimeSince .Commit.Committer.When $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
 									{{end}}
@@ -81,11 +89,9 @@
 									</td>
 									{{if and $.IsWriter (not $.IsMirror) (not $.Repository.IsArchived)}}
 										<td class="right aligned">
-										{{if .IsProtected}}
-											<i class="octicon octicon-shield"></i>
-										{{else if .IsDeleted}}
+										{{if and .IsDeleted (not .IsProtected)}}
 											<a class="undo-button" href data-url="{{$.Link}}/restore?branch_id={{.DeletedBranch.ID | urlquery}}&name={{.DeletedBranch.Name | urlquery}}"><i class="octicon octicon-reply"></i></a>
-										{{else}}
+										{{else if (not .IsProtected)}}
 											<a class="delete-branch-button" href data-url="{{$.Link}}/delete?name={{.Name | urlquery}}" data-name="{{.Name}}"><i class="trash icon text red"></i></a>
 										{{end}}
 										</td>