diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c220926239a50237106c324ae95dffef7c6fce88..700d6e37cd7ea2ea57236bc250479fe6952c5736 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 8.11.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix of 'Commits being passed to custom hooks are already reachable when using the UI'
   - Limit git rev-list output count to one in forced push check
   - Retrieve rendered HTML from cache in one request
+  - Make fork counter always clickable !5463 (winniehell)
   - Load project invited groups and members eagerly in ProjectTeam#fetch_members
   - Add GitLab Workhorse version to admin dashboard (Katarzyna Kobierska Ula Budziszewska)
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/buttons/_fork.html.haml b/app/views/projects/buttons/_fork.html.haml
index a098a082854cab73a5004e46a9a75fdfae27358a..d78888e9fe4aef6e60b3934a13a94f4ee908295b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/buttons/_fork.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/buttons/_fork.html.haml
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
       = link_to namespace_project_path(current_user, current_user.fork_of(@project)), title: 'Go to your fork', class: 'btn has-tooltip' do
         = custom_icon('icon_fork')
         Fork
-      %div.count-with-arrow
-        %span.arrow
-        %span.count
-          = @project.forks_count
     - else
       = link_to new_namespace_project_fork_path(@project.namespace, @project), title: "Fork project", class: 'btn has-tooltip' do
         = custom_icon('icon_fork')
         Fork
-      %div.count-with-arrow
-        %span.arrow
-        = link_to namespace_project_forks_path(@project.namespace, @project), class: "count" do
-          = @project.forks_count
+    %div.count-with-arrow
+      %span.arrow
+      = link_to namespace_project_forks_path(@project.namespace, @project), class: "count" do
+        = @project.forks_count