diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index ceed9929d264d06a4d54893f813d1c87f75ac341..32e26474db6b8d434c8bb270fb5e1f32520d3fcc 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ def commits(ref = nil, opts = {})
     commits = Commit.decorate(commits, container) if commits.present?
 
     CommitCollection.new(container, commits, ref)
-  rescue Gitlab::Git::CommandError => e
-    # Temporary fix to address a new Gitaly internal error: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/452488
-    return CommitCollection.new(container, [], ref) if e.message.include?('listing commits failed')
-
-    raise
   end
 
   def commits_between(from, to, limit: nil)
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index dd9ecdf993c80eadcada8978b20eeeb86f2e812c..485e400eb26f1b34bc6198cbd4bd60234596dd14 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -386,26 +386,6 @@ def expect_to_raise_storage_error
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when Gitaly raises a CommandError error' do
-      let(:error_message) { 'Boom' }
-
-      before do
-        expect(Gitlab::Git::Commit).to receive(:where).and_raise(Gitlab::Git::CommandError, error_message)
-      end
-
-      it 're-raises an error' do
-        expect { repository.commits('master', limit: 60) }.to raise_error(Gitlab::Git::CommandError, error_message)
-      end
-
-      context 'when error contains "listing commits failed" message' do
-        let(:error_message) { 'listing commits failed' }
-
-        it 'returns an empty collection' do
-          expect(repository.commits('master', limit: 60).to_a).to eq([])
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     context 'when ref is passed' do
       it 'returns every commit from the specified ref' do
         expect(repository.commits('master', limit: 60).size).to eq(37)
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/commits_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/commits_spec.rb
index 85a07d85174f6a2813bf0e085f5ca6928f576cc3..db76b03090ab441d1b26b5a270c7625a136ab3b8 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/commits_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/commits_spec.rb
@@ -277,6 +277,29 @@
             end
           end
 
+          context 'with ref_name + path params' do
+            let(:params) { { ref_name: ref_name, path: 'files/ruby/popen.rb' } }
+            let(:ref_name) { 'master' }
+
+            it 'returns project commits matching provided path parameter' do
+              get api("/projects/#{project_id}/repository/commits", user), params: params
+
+              expect(json_response.size).to eq(3)
+              expect(json_response.first["id"]).to eq("570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d")
+              expect(response).to include_limited_pagination_headers
+            end
+
+            context 'when ref_name does not exist' do
+              let(:ref_name) { 'does-not-exist' }
+
+              it 'returns an empty response' do
+                get api("/projects/#{project_id}/repository/commits", user), params: params
+
+                expect(json_response).to eq([])
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
           context 'with pagination params' do
             let(:page) { 1 }
             let(:per_page) { 5 }