diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_head.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_head.html.haml
index 583cc1b975bdd7ba1fd3e8311483bdf9dbb30add..166dae248b635258e0b571e4fd0b67806415ffd1 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_head.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_head.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %ul.nav-links.sub-nav
   %div{ class: (container_class) }
-    - if project_nav_tab?(:issues) && current_controller?(:issues)
+    - if project_nav_tab?(:issues) && !current_controller?(:merge_requests)
       = nav_link(controller: :issues) do
         = link_to url_for_project_issues(@project, only_path: true), title: 'Issues' do
           %span