diff --git a/modules/markdown/markdown.go b/modules/markdown/markdown.go
index 85be5d61de..8f68c5516c 100644
--- a/modules/markdown/markdown.go
+++ b/modules/markdown/markdown.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var (
 	// Sha1CurrentPattern matches string that represents a commit SHA, e.g. d8a994ef243349f321568f9e36d5c3f444b99cae
 	// FIXME: this pattern matches pure numbers as well, right now we do a hack to check in renderSha1CurrentPattern
 	// by converting string to a number.
-	Sha1CurrentPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|\s|\()[0-9a-f]{40}\b`)
+	Sha1CurrentPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:^|\s|\()([0-9a-f]{40})\b`)
 
 	// ShortLinkPattern matches short but difficult to parse [[name|link|arg=test]] syntax
 	ShortLinkPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(\[\[.*\]\]\w*)`)
@@ -542,12 +542,12 @@ func RenderCrossReferenceIssueIndexPattern(rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string, me
 func renderSha1CurrentPattern(rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string) []byte {
 	ms := Sha1CurrentPattern.FindAllSubmatch(rawBytes, -1)
 	for _, m := range ms {
-		all := m[0]
-		if com.StrTo(all).MustInt() > 0 {
+		hash := m[1]
+		if com.StrTo(hash).MustInt() > 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		rawBytes = bytes.Replace(rawBytes, all, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
-			`<a href="%s">%s</a>`, URLJoin(urlPrefix, "commit", string(all)), base.ShortSha(string(all)))), -1)
+		rawBytes = bytes.Replace(rawBytes, hash, []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
+			`<a href="%s">%s</a>`, URLJoin(urlPrefix, "commit", string(hash)), base.ShortSha(string(hash)))), -1)
 	}
 	return rawBytes
 }
diff --git a/modules/markdown/markdown_test.go b/modules/markdown/markdown_test.go
index 8364146573..e6bc3683c6 100644
--- a/modules/markdown/markdown_test.go
+++ b/modules/markdown/markdown_test.go
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ func TestRender_Commits(t *testing.T) {
 	test(sha, `<p><a href="`+commit+`" rel="nofollow">b6dd6210ea</a></p>`)
 	test(commit, `<p><a href="`+commit+`" rel="nofollow">b6dd6210ea</a></p>`)
 	test(tree, `<p><a href="`+src+`" rel="nofollow">b6dd6210ea/src</a></p>`)
+	test("commit "+sha, `<p>commit <a href="`+commit+`" rel="nofollow">b6dd6210ea</a></p>`)
 }
 
 func TestRender_Images(t *testing.T) {