diff --git a/app/views/projects/buttons/_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/projects/buttons/_dropdown.html.haml
index 459e6da2fe2e2055ef0c57469aaddc55579a28f1..35a9d3223a66ea7261419a18c3ac8046224f85c9 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/buttons/_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/buttons/_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
           = link_to url_for_new_issue(@project, only_path: true) do
             = icon('exclamation-circle fw')
             New issue
-      - merge_project = can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, @project) ? @project : current_user.fork_of(@project)
+      - merge_project = can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, @project) ? @project : (current_user && current_user.fork_of(@project))
       - if merge_project
         %li
           = link_to new_namespace_project_merge_request_path(merge_project.namespace, merge_project) do
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml
index 972fce9ad3d09d3e87d8d314ca2c2953ab0fd348..8d5d0394a82f8641d0d54bbd0cdfdfcaa0e45e6f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/index.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   .controls
     = render 'shared/issuable/search_form', path: namespace_project_merge_requests_path(@project.namespace, @project)
 
-    - merge_project = can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, @project) ? @project : current_user.fork_of(@project)
+    - merge_project = can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, @project) ? @project : (current_user && current_user.fork_of(@project))
     - if merge_project
       .pull-left.hidden-xs
         = link_to new_namespace_project_merge_request_path(merge_project.namespace, merge_project), class: "btn btn-new", title: "New Merge Request" do