diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 98066668335db7c6e852f1bdc8289cfae4c1ba0f..dd4306ed0c0328691e03acdc518664601c4f31cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ v 8.2.0 (unreleased)
   - Ability to add release notes (markdown text and attachments) to git tags (aka Releases)
   - Relative links from a repositories README.md now link to the default branch
   - Fix trailing whitespace issue in merge request/issue title
+  - Fix bug when milestone/label filter was empty for dashboard issues page
 
 v 8.1.4
   - Fix bug where manually merged branches in a MR would end up with an empty diff (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index 4ebb3d7276ed13b9ff800209bed569e8617369c9..b2c1fa4230c9f01ce09e94098e8e5567d55dfdf4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class DashboardController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
   before_action :event_filter, only: :activity
+  before_action :projects, only: [:issues, :merge_requests]
 
   respond_to :html
 
@@ -47,4 +48,8 @@ class DashboardController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
     @events = @event_filter.apply_filter(@events).with_associations
     @events = @events.limit(20).offset(params[:offset] || 0)
   end
+
+  def projects
+    @projects ||= current_user.authorized_projects.sorted_by_activity.non_archived
+  end
 end