diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
index d4060e34e..e93eaa4ba 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/branches_controller.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (self *BranchesController) GetOnRenderToMain() func() {
 				rendererTask := types.NewRunDiffRendererTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 				task = rendererTask
 
-				pr, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branch.Name]
+				pr, ok := self.c.Helpers().Host.PullRequestForBranch(branch.Name)
 				if ok && presentation.ShouldShowPrForBranch(pr, branch.Name, self.c.UserConfig()) {
 					rendererTask.Prefix = presentation.FormatPullRequestHeader(pr, self.c.Tr)
 					rendererTask.Prefix += strings.Repeat("─", self.c.Contexts().Normal.GetView().InnerWidth()) + "\n"
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func (self *BranchesController) handleCreatePullRequestMenu(selectedBranch *mode
 
 func (self *BranchesController) getPullRequestURL() (string, error) {
 	branch := self.context().GetSelected()
-	if pr, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branch.Name]; ok {
+	if pr, ok := self.c.Helpers().Host.PullRequestForBranch(branch.Name); ok {
 		return pr.Url, nil
 	}
 
@@ -855,15 +855,11 @@ func (self *BranchesController) branchIsReal(branch *models.Branch) *types.Disab
 }
 
 func (self *BranchesController) branchHasPR(branch *models.Branch) *types.DisabledReason {
-	if _, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branch.Name]; !ok {
-		return &types.DisabledReason{Text: self.c.Tr.NoPullRequestForBranch, ShowErrorInPanel: true}
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return self.c.Helpers().Host.NoPullRequestDisabledReason(branch.Name)
 }
 
 func (self *BranchesController) openPRInBrowser(branch *models.Branch) error {
-	pr, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branch.Name]
+	pr, ok := self.c.Helpers().Host.PullRequestForBranch(branch.Name)
 	if !ok {
 		// Should be guarded against by the DisabledReason check, but be defensive in case
 		// PullRequestsMap was updated concurrently by a background refresh
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/host_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/host_helper.go
index 42115e86f..66c2310c6 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/host_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/host_helper.go
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ package helpers
 
 import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/hosting_service"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 )
 
-// this helper just wraps our hosting_service package
+// this helper wraps our hosting_service package, and answers what we know about the
+// repo's pull requests on it
 
 type HostHelper struct {
 	c *HelperCommon
@@ -18,6 +21,24 @@ func NewHostHelper(
 	}
 }
 
+// PullRequestForBranch returns the pull request the given local branch is the head of,
+// and false where it has none. That covers knowing of no pull requests at all: the repo
+// may not be on GitHub, or the answer may not have arrived yet.
+func (self *HostHelper) PullRequestForBranch(branchName string) (*models.GithubPullRequest, bool) {
+	pr, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branchName]
+	return pr, ok
+}
+
+// NoPullRequestDisabledReason disables a command that acts on a branch's pull request
+// while that branch has none.
+func (self *HostHelper) NoPullRequestDisabledReason(branchName string) *types.DisabledReason {
+	if _, ok := self.PullRequestForBranch(branchName); !ok {
+		return &types.DisabledReason{Text: self.c.Tr.NoPullRequestForBranch, ShowErrorInPanel: true}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (self *HostHelper) GetPullRequestURL(from string, to string) (string, error) {
 	mgr, err := self.getHostingServiceMgr()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
index 983ca789f..b5db039d8 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
@@ -667,15 +667,11 @@ func (self *LocalCommitsController) GetKeybindings(opts types.KeybindingsOpts) [
 }
 
 func (self *LocalCommitsController) checkedOutBranchHasPR() *types.DisabledReason {
-	branch := self.c.Model().CheckedOutBranch
-	if _, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[branch]; !ok {
-		return &types.DisabledReason{Text: self.c.Tr.NoPullRequestForBranch, ShowErrorInPanel: true}
-	}
-	return nil
+	return self.c.Helpers().Host.NoPullRequestDisabledReason(self.c.Model().CheckedOutBranch)
 }
 
 func (self *LocalCommitsController) openPRInBrowser() error {
-	pr, ok := self.c.Model().PullRequestsMap[self.c.Model().CheckedOutBranch]
+	pr, ok := self.c.Helpers().Host.PullRequestForBranch(self.c.Model().CheckedOutBranch)
 	if !ok {
 		// Should be guarded against by the DisabledReason check, but be defensive in case
 		// PullRequestsMap was updated concurrently by a background refresh