diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget/ci_bundle.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget/ci_bundle.js.es6
index 9c4a7eabcb661fbb467ccfb8b0794606e38d8404..5969d2ba56b8fa87d20ce5f869cd4388cd990117 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget/ci_bundle.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/merge_request_widget/ci_bundle.js.es6
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     .off('click', '.js-merge-dropdown a')
     .on('click', '.js-merge-dropdown a', (e) => {
       e.preventDefault();
-      $(this).closest('form').submit();
+      $(e.target).closest('form').submit();
     });
     if ($('.rebase-in-progress').length) {
       merge_request_widget.rebaseInProgress();
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/merge-dropdown-this-context.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/merge-dropdown-this-context.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c4890fcaa2dadcec4624ea3b54334f07ad0c02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/merge-dropdown-this-context.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fixed bug where links in merge dropdown wouldn't work
+merge_request:
+author: