diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
index 107bd357c..5aa62caab 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/pipelines_controller.rb
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ class Api::V1::Projects::PipelinesController < Api::V1::BaseController
   def destroy
     @pipeline = Action::Pipeline.find(params[:id])
     if @pipeline
-      interactor = Gitea::DeleteFileInteractor.call(current_user.gitea_token, @owner.login, del_content_params.merge(identifier: @project.identifier))
-      tip_exception(interactor.error) unless interactor.success?
+      sha = get_pipeline_file_sha(@pipeline.file_name, @pipeline.branch)
+      if sha.present?
+        interactor = Gitea::DeleteFileInteractor.call(current_user.gitea_token, @owner.login, del_content_params(sha).merge(identifier: @project.identifier))
+        tip_exception(interactor.error) unless interactor.success?
+      end
       @pipeline.destroy!
     end
     render_ok
@@ -230,12 +233,12 @@ class Api::V1::Projects::PipelinesController < Api::V1::BaseController
     }
   end
 
-  def del_content_params
+  def del_content_params(sha)
     {
       filepath: ".gitea/workflows/#{@pipeline.pipeline_name}.yml",
       base64_filepath: Base64.encode64(".gitea/workflows/#{@pipeline.pipeline_name}.yml").gsub(/\n/, ''),
       branch: @pipeline.branch,
-      sha: get_pipeline_file_sha(@pipeline.file_name, @pipeline.branch)
+      sha: sha
     }
   end