diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
index 61fb1bd16428ac4a57642164d00c32709d6f5fbd..61a096d7bf1311838325a36aaf6d6951bce9dc15 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -125,12 +125,13 @@
             - else
               %span.no-value None
           .selectbox.hide-collapsed
+            - selected_labels = params["#{issuable.to_ability_name}[label_names]"].to_a
             - issuable.labels_array.each do |label|
               = hidden_field_tag "#{issuable.to_ability_name}[label_names][]", label.id, id: nil, data: { title: label.title }
             .dropdown
               %button.dropdown-menu-toggle.js-label-select.js-multiselect{type: "button", data: {toggle: "dropdown", default_label: "Labels", field_name: "#{issuable.to_ability_name}[label_names][]", ability_name: issuable.to_ability_name, show_no: "true", show_any: "true", project_id: (@project.id if @project), issue_update: issuable_json_path(issuable), labels: (namespace_project_labels_path(@project.namespace, @project, :json) if @project)}}
                 %span.dropdown-toggle-text{ class: ("is-default" if issuable.labels_array.empty?)}
-                  = multi_label_name(issuable.labels_array, "Labels")
+                  = multi_label_name(issuable.labels_array, h(selected_labels[0]), "Labels")
                 = icon('chevron-down')
               .dropdown-menu.dropdown-select.dropdown-menu-paging.dropdown-menu-labels.dropdown-menu-selectable
                 = render partial: "shared/issuable/label_page_default"