diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/_base/__init__.py b/rhodecode/apps/_base/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/_base/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/_base/__init__.py
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ class RepoAppView(BaseAppView):
         settings = settings_model.get_general_settings()
         return settings.get(settings_key, default)
 
+    def _get_repo_setting(self, target_repo, settings_key, default=False):
+        settings_model = VcsSettingsModel(repo=target_repo)
+        settings = settings_model.get_repo_settings_inherited()
+        return settings.get(settings_key, default)
+
     def get_recache_flag(self):
         for flag_name in ['force_recache', 'force-recache', 'no-cache']:
             flag_val = self.request.GET.get(flag_name)
diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/repository/views/repo_files.py
@@ -305,6 +305,21 @@ class RepoFilesView(RepoAppView):
         pure_path = pathlib2.PurePath(*sanitized_path)
         return pure_path
 
+    def _is_lf_enabled(self, target_repo):
+        lf_enabled = False
+
+        lf_key_for_vcs_map = {
+            'hg': 'extensions_largefiles',
+            'git': 'vcs_git_lfs_enabled'
+        }
+
+        lf_key_for_vcs = lf_key_for_vcs_map.get(target_repo.repo_type)
+
+        if lf_key_for_vcs:
+            lf_enabled = self._get_repo_setting(target_repo, lf_key_for_vcs)
+
+        return lf_enabled
+
     @LoginRequired()
     @HasRepoPermissionAnyDecorator(
         'repository.read', 'repository.write', 'repository.admin')
@@ -645,7 +660,11 @@ class RepoFilesView(RepoAppView):
 
             # load file content
             if c.file.is_file():
-                c.lf_node = c.file.get_largefile_node()
+                c.lf_node = {}
+
+                has_lf_enabled = self._is_lf_enabled(self.db_repo)
+                if has_lf_enabled:
+                    c.lf_node = c.file.get_largefile_node()
 
                 c.file_source_page = 'true'
                 c.file_last_commit = c.file.last_commit
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/commit.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/commit.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/commit.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/commit.py
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ class MercurialCommit(base.BaseCommit):
         return self.nodes[path]
 
     def get_largefile_node(self, path):
-
-        if self._remote.is_large_file(path):
+        pointer_spec = self._remote.is_large_file(path)
+        if pointer_spec:
             # content of that file regular FileNode is the hash of largefile
             file_id = self.get_file_content(path).strip()
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/settings.py b/rhodecode/model/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/settings.py
@@ -521,6 +521,12 @@ class VcsSettingsModel(object):
         return self._collect_all_settings(global_=False)
 
     @assert_repo_settings
+    def get_repo_settings_inherited(self):
+        global_settings = self.get_global_settings()
+        global_settings.update(self.get_repo_settings())
+        return global_settings
+
+    @assert_repo_settings
     def create_or_update_repo_settings(
             self, data, inherit_global_settings=False):
         from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel