diff --git a/app/models/project_team.rb b/app/models/project_team.rb
index e8606c8c2c64e71ad129c8fa79c6314366d35ef7..04f4fa849c40e713c0d2f5ea8e28a9c6b573da9b 100644
--- a/app/models/project_team.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_team.rb
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ class ProjectTeam
         # group access is developers we need to provide
         # both group master, developers as devs
         if int_level == group_link.group_access
-          im.where("access_level >= ?)", group_link.group_access)
+          im = im.where("access_level >= ?", group_link.group_access)
         else
-          im.send(level)
+          im = im.send(level)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb
index 469e306044b4bea114414fce90bf2317e3c455b9..f979d66c88ca072cead62191c2c6463c25592ae6 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ describe ProjectTeam, models: true do
           group_access: Gitlab::Access::REPORTER
         )
 
+        expect(project.team.guests).to be_empty
         expect(project.team.reporters).to contain_exactly(group_member.user)
       end
     end