diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 28c5d23d604c2d8770a96402755ffe6567cd9ec4..14d5aeba7c4493e3e9c3f459f9b00f5d7453fad4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ v 8.12.2 (unreleased)
   - Fix Import/Export not recognising correctly the imported services.
   - Fix snippets pagination
   - Fix List-Unsubscribe header in emails
+  - Fix IssuesController#show degradation including project on loaded notes
   - Fix an issue with the "Commits" section of the cycle analytics summary. !6513
   - Fix errors importing project feature and milestone models using GitLab project import
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb
index 3eb13a121bfc44237f8c1ed1471d48f11f6f202e..ef13e0677d2162be79d8cb5a09a79fa3c83e3b7f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
-    raw_notes = @issue.notes_with_associations.fresh
+    raw_notes = @issue.notes.inc_relations_for_view.fresh
 
     @notes = Banzai::NoteRenderer.
       render(raw_notes, @project, current_user, @path, @project_wiki, @ref)