diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml
index 804ca3783e3b7b88b6444ac091041d317d3c9d49..3c68d61c4b59151f4061e2dbe2cb81d7124522de 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/widget/_show.html.haml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
     builds_path: "#{builds_namespace_project_merge_request_path(@project.namespace, @project, @merge_request)}"
   };
 
-  new MergeRequestWidget(opts);
+  merge_request_widget = new MergeRequestWidget(opts);