diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index d5ee503c44c6ec59600489add400c99ae5e14f0f..56e064971c1b37b75a903caf80dae487409b28a9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ class ProjectsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def update
-    status = ::Projects::UpdateService.new(@project, current_user, project_params).execute
+    project = ::Projects::UpdateService.new(@project, current_user, project_params).execute
 
     # Refresh the repo in case anything changed
     @repository = project.repository
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      if status
+      if project.valid?
         flash[:notice] = "Project '#{@project.name}' was successfully updated."
         format.html do
           redirect_to(
diff --git a/app/services/projects/update_service.rb b/app/services/projects/update_service.rb
index 8a6af8d8adafd88d69cc4ec8b5f5ef8dc83088ad..6b7dc0b3960dadd7bc83735e1d2bf8def484f41e 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/update_service.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Projects
           project.rename_repo
         end
       end
+      project
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sandish-gitlab-ce-update_ret_val.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sandish-gitlab-ce-update_ret_val.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0215b2740f1c31e426bca43cbf09dfbcf985764b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sandish-gitlab-ce-update_ret_val.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fix none display notice when project settings updated
+merge_request:
+author: Sandish Chen
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
index 5ddcaa60dc6a39f11ee15c4af557c01fbc11f4e1..d0a63aa9403a5e0220d65daa5ff45cccf5792e54 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ describe ProjectsController do
 
       expect(project.repository.path).to include(new_path)
       expect(assigns(:repository).path).to eq(project.repository.path)
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(302)
     end
   end