diff --git a/routers/web/repo/compare.go b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
index 150a8583c8434..366637e5441b4 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/compare.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/compare.go
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ func PrepareCompareDiff(
 
 	if (headCommitID == ci.MergeBase && !ci.DirectComparison()) ||
 		headCommitID == ci.BaseCommitID {
-		ctx.Data["IsNothingToCompare"] = true
+		ctx.Data["CommitCount"] = 0
+		ctx.Data["DiffNotAvailable"] = true
 		if unit, err := repo.GetUnit(ctx, unit.TypePullRequests); err == nil {
 			config := unit.PullRequestsConfig()
 
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/pull.go b/routers/web/repo/pull.go
index cff501ad71d92..2d865843f2298 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/pull.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/pull.go
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ func prepareViewPullInfo(ctx *context.Context, issue *issues_model.Issue) *git_s
 	}
 
 	if compareInfo.HeadCommitID == compareInfo.MergeBase {
-		ctx.Data["IsNothingToCompare"] = true
+		ctx.Data["DiffNotAvailable"] = true
 	}
 
 	if pull.IsWorkInProgress(ctx) {
diff --git a/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl b/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl
index c8ae535a182f1..6f369ee403b3b 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commits_table.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<div class="commits-table-left tw-flex tw-items-center">
 		{{if or .PageIsCommits (gt .CommitCount 0)}}
 			{{.CommitCount}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.commits.commits"}}
-		{{else if .IsNothingToCompare}}
+		{{else if .DiffNotAvailable}}
 			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.commits.nothing_to_compare"}}
 		{{else}}
 			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.commits.no_commits" $.BaseBranch $.HeadBranch}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl b/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl
index 41d0a198f4093..ed62e69e9356c 100644
--- a/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/diff/compare.tmpl
@@ -173,10 +173,9 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
-		{{$showDiffBox := and .CommitCount (not .IsNothingToCompare)}}
 		{{if and .IsSigned .PageIsComparePull}}
-			{{$allowCreatePR := and ($.CompareInfo.BaseRef.IsBranch) ($.CompareInfo.HeadRef.IsBranch) (not $.CompareInfo.DirectComparison) (or $.AllowEmptyPr (not .IsNothingToCompare))}}
-			{{if .IsNothingToCompare}}
+			{{$allowCreatePR := and ($.CompareInfo.BaseRef.IsBranch) ($.CompareInfo.HeadRef.IsBranch) (not $.CompareInfo.DirectComparison) (or $.AllowEmptyPr (not .DiffNotAvailable))}}
+			{{if .DiffNotAvailable}}
 				<div class="ui segment">
 					{{if $allowCreatePR}}
 						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.pulls.nothing_to_compare_and_allow_empty_pr"}}
@@ -216,16 +215,21 @@
 				</div>
 			{{end}}
 		{{else}}{{/* not singed-in or not for pull-request */}}
-			{{if not .CommitCount}}
+			{{if .DiffNotAvailable}}
 				<div class="ui segment">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.commits.nothing_to_compare"}}</div>
 			{{end}}
 		{{end}}
 	</div>
 
-	{{if $showDiffBox}}
+	{{$hasCommits := and .Commits (gt .CommitCount 0)}}
+	{{if or $hasCommits (not .DiffNotAvailable)}}
 		<div class="ui container fluid padded tw-my-4">
-			{{template "repo/commits_table" .}}
-			{{template "repo/diff/box" .}}
+			{{if $hasCommits}}
+				{{template "repo/commits_table" .}}
+			{{end}}
+			{{if not .DiffNotAvailable}}
+				{{template "repo/diff/box" .}}
+			{{end}}
 		</div>
 	{{end}}
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/integration/pull_compare_test.go b/tests/integration/pull_compare_test.go
index da00b3fd56640..78922538df13b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/pull_compare_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/pull_compare_test.go
@@ -7,16 +7,22 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	issues_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/issues"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git/gitcmd"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/test"
 	repo_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/repository"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/tests"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestPullCompare(t *testing.T) {
@@ -170,3 +176,68 @@ func TestPullCompare_EnableAllowEditsFromMaintainer(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestPullCompareForcePushDroppedCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
+		user := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: 2})
+		repo, err := repo_service.CreateRepositoryDirectly(t.Context(), user, user, repo_service.CreateRepoOptions{
+			Name:          "compare-force-push",
+			AutoInit:      true,
+			DefaultBranch: "master",
+			Readme:        "Default",
+		}, true)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		session := loginUser(t, user.Name)
+		u.Path = fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s.git", user.Name, repo.Name)
+		u.User = url.UserPassword(user.Name, userPassword)
+
+		dstPath := t.TempDir()
+		doGitClone(dstPath, u)(t)
+		doGitCreateBranch(dstPath, "feature/drop-commit")(t)
+
+		doGitCheckoutWriteFileCommit(localGitAddCommitOptions{
+			LocalRepoPath:   dstPath,
+			CheckoutBranch:  "feature/drop-commit",
+			TreeFilePath:    "README.md",
+			TreeFileContent: "first\n",
+		})(t)
+		doGitCheckoutWriteFileCommit(localGitAddCommitOptions{
+			LocalRepoPath:   dstPath,
+			CheckoutBranch:  "feature/drop-commit",
+			TreeFilePath:    "README.md",
+			TreeFileContent: "first\nsecond\n",
+		})(t)
+		doGitPushTestRepository(dstPath, "origin", "feature/drop-commit")(t)
+
+		resp := testPullCreate(t, session, user.Name, repo.Name, true, "master", "feature/drop-commit", "Force push compare")
+		prURL := test.RedirectURL(resp)
+		issueIndex, err := strconv.ParseInt(path.Base(prURL), 10, 64)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		issue := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &issues_model.Issue{RepoID: repo.ID, Index: issueIndex})
+		require.NoError(t, issue.LoadPullRequest(t.Context()))
+
+		err = gitcmd.NewCommand("reset", "--hard", "HEAD~1").WithDir(dstPath).Run(t.Context())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		err = gitcmd.NewCommand("push", "--force", "origin", "feature/drop-commit").WithDir(dstPath).Run(t.Context())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var compareURL string
+		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+			req := NewRequest(t, "GET", prURL)
+			resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+			htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
+			selection := htmlDoc.doc.Find("a.comment-text-label[href*='/compare/']")
+			if selection.Length() == 0 {
+				return false
+			}
+			compareURL = selection.Last().AttrOr("href", "")
+			return compareURL != ""
+		}, 5*time.Second, 20*time.Millisecond)
+
+		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", compareURL)
+		resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+		htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
+		assert.Positive(t, htmlDoc.doc.Find("#diff-file-boxes [data-new-filename=\"README.md\"]").Length())
+	})
+}