2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/app/services/protected_branches/create_service.rb b/app/services/protected_branches/create_service.rb
index 6212fd69077..9d947f73af1 100644
--- a/app/services/protected_branches/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/protected_branches/create_service.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 module ProtectedBranches
   class CreateService < BaseService
-    attr_reader :protected_branch
-
     def execute(skip_authorization: false)
-      raise Gitlab::Access::AccessDeniedError unless skip_authorization || can?(current_user, :admin_project, project)
+      raise Gitlab::Access::AccessDeniedError unless skip_authorization || authorized?
+
+      protected_branch.save
+      protected_branch
+    end
+
+    def authorized?
+      can?(current_user, :create_protected_branch, protected_branch)
+    end
+
+    private
 
-      project.protected_branches.create(params)
+    def protected_branch
+      @protected_branch ||= project.protected_branches.new(params)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/protected_branches/destroy_service.rb b/app/services/protected_branches/destroy_service.rb
index 74fdb900c56..8172c896e76 100644
--- a/app/services/protected_branches/destroy_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/protected_branches/destroy_service.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module ProtectedBranches
   class DestroyService < BaseService
     def execute(protected_branch)
+      raise Gitlab::Access::AccessDeniedError unless can?(current_user, :destroy_protected_branch, protected_branch)
+
       protected_branch.destroy
     end
   end