diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/store/getters.js b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/store/getters.js
index f530c05ae1e1a3d2f4a9c262379154cccdde25b0..10a6a872fe49459aa498100964ee67f38f84b99b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/store/getters.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/store/getters.js
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ export const getDiffFileDiscussions = (state, getters, rootState, rootGetters) =
 export const getDiffFileByHash = (state) => (fileHash) =>
   state.diffFiles.find((file) => file.file_hash === fileHash);
 
+export function isTreePathLoaded(state) {
+  return (path) => {
+    return Boolean(state.treeEntries[path]?.diffLoaded);
+  };
+}
+
 export const flatBlobsList = (state) =>
   Object.values(state.treeEntries).filter((f) => f.type === 'blob');
 
diff --git a/spec/frontend/diffs/store/getters_spec.js b/spec/frontend/diffs/store/getters_spec.js
index 70e0689786a9cd661f4c6cd576868e09573aa849..ed7b6699e2c3a773ca7d4b608db6ab531b1665d3 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/diffs/store/getters_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/diffs/store/getters_spec.js
@@ -288,6 +288,19 @@ describe('Diffs Module Getters', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('isTreePathLoaded', () => {
+    it.each`
+      desc                                         | loaded   | path             | bool
+      ${'the file exists and has been loaded'}     | ${true}  | ${'path/tofile'} | ${true}
+      ${'the file exists and has not been loaded'} | ${false} | ${'path/tofile'} | ${false}
+      ${'the file does not exist'}                 | ${false} | ${'tofile/path'} | ${false}
+    `('returns $bool when $desc', ({ loaded, path, bool }) => {
+      localState.treeEntries['path/tofile'] = { diffLoaded: loaded };
+
+      expect(getters.isTreePathLoaded(localState)(path)).toBe(bool);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('allBlobs', () => {
     it('returns an array of blobs', () => {
       localState.treeEntries = {