diff --git a/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/projects/BranchInput.java b/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/projects/BranchInput.java
index cfe9a996eb..506bcd451b 100644
--- a/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/projects/BranchInput.java
+++ b/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/projects/BranchInput.java
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.DefaultInput;
 public class BranchInput {
   @DefaultInput
   public String revision;
+  public String ref;
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/BranchApiImpl.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/BranchApiImpl.java
index ec3d9ff7ae..7fbb1f6e40 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/BranchApiImpl.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/api/projects/BranchApiImpl.java
@@ -65,11 +65,8 @@ public class BranchApiImpl implements BranchApi {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BranchApi create(BranchInput in) throws RestApiException {
+  public BranchApi create(BranchInput input) throws RestApiException {
     try {
-      CreateBranch.Input input = new CreateBranch.Input();
-      input.ref = ref;
-      input.revision = in.revision;
       createBranchFactory.create(ref).apply(project, input);
       return this;
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/CreateBranch.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/CreateBranch.java
index e41acbe272..187f892bd4 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/CreateBranch.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/CreateBranch.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ package com.google.gerrit.server.project;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.ChangeHooks;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.projects.BranchInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.projects.BranchInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.AuthException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.BadRequestException;
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.DefaultInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceConflictException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestModifyView;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Branch;
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.IdentifiedUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.extensions.events.GitReferenceUpdated;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.project.CreateBranch.Input;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.MagicBranch;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
@@ -54,16 +53,9 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-public class CreateBranch implements RestModifyView<ProjectResource, Input> {
+public class CreateBranch implements RestModifyView<ProjectResource, BranchInput> {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CreateBranch.class);
 
-  public static class Input {
-    public String ref;
-
-    @DefaultInput
-    public String revision;
-  }
-
   public interface Factory {
     CreateBranch create(String ref);
   }
@@ -90,11 +82,11 @@ public class CreateBranch implements RestModifyView<ProjectResource, Input> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BranchInfo apply(ProjectResource rsrc, Input input)
+  public BranchInfo apply(ProjectResource rsrc, BranchInput input)
       throws BadRequestException, AuthException, ResourceConflictException,
       IOException {
     if (input == null) {
-      input = new Input();
+      input = new BranchInput();
     }
     if (input.ref != null && !ref.equals(input.ref)) {
       throw new BadRequestException("ref must match URL");
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/PutBranch.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/PutBranch.java
index f8b201b65f..e06fb8633f 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/PutBranch.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/PutBranch.java
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.server.project;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.projects.BranchInput;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.ResourceConflictException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestModifyView;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.project.CreateBranch.Input;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
 @Singleton
-public class PutBranch implements RestModifyView<BranchResource, Input> {
+public class PutBranch implements RestModifyView<BranchResource, BranchInput> {
 
   @Override
-  public Object apply(BranchResource rsrc, Input input)
+  public Object apply(BranchResource rsrc, BranchInput input)
       throws ResourceConflictException {
     throw new ResourceConflictException("Branch \"" + rsrc.getBranchInfo().ref
         + "\" already exists");