diff --git a/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb b/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb
index 23f2ab45ff4fa4f8888f307dc36c79f8a2a6f583..5d81a996fba009b00f3bd295fb15c237ed4a6bc5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/autocomplete_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class AutocompleteController < ApplicationController
         @users = [*@users, current_user]
       end
 
-      if params[:author_id]
+      unless params[:author_id] == "false"
         @users = [User.find(params[:author_id]), *@users]
       end
 
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb
index 2afbdfae664e870d7ddc5f9035a3ad5d32406aab..e472381ba362f0fc7db77fb383c04ff067d1be9e 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/base_service.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ module MergeRequests
 
     private
 
-    def filter_params(issueable = nil)
-      super(:merge_request, issueable)
+    def filter_params(issuable = nil)
+      super(:merge_request, issuable)
     end
   end
 end