diff --git a/app/views/shared/empty_states/_issues.html.haml b/app/views/shared/empty_states/_issues.html.haml
index 046b127f73cfee669d70c23c65a6e6e405f971cf..b0c0ab523c771195d0bc1c50fdb0b6d8ded1e736 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/empty_states/_issues.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/empty_states/_issues.html.haml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
           Also, issues are searchable and filterable.
         - if project_select_button
           = render 'shared/new_project_item_select', path: 'issues/new', label: 'New issue'
-        = link_to 'New issue', button_path, class: 'btn btn-new', title: 'New issue', id: 'new_issue_link'
+        - else
+          = link_to 'New issue', button_path, class: 'btn btn-new', title: 'New issue', id: 'new_issue_link'
       - else
         .text-center
           %h4 There are no issues to show.