diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a8aaec1e566dab24f424bc6178b47e811d3332da..c18f274617fc690f104c84760e4c90562c07811d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
 
 v 7.13.0 (unreleased)
+  - Fix error when deleting a user who has projects (Stan Hu)
   - Update maintenance documentation to explain no need to recompile asssets for omnibus installations (Stan Hu)
   - Support commenting on diffs in side-by-side mode (Stan Hu)
   - Fix JavaScript error when clicking on the comment button on a diff line that has a comment already (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index 06d6d61e907aa80c0cd4c91b9da2674db1f64b6d..2bc236871b0c6482789beb9d21ea501acf6a7c08 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Admin::UsersController < Admin::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    DeleteUserService.new.execute(user)
+    DeleteUserService.new(current_user).execute(user)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_to admin_users_path }
diff --git a/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
index 6ccc7934f2f0a00478d3ad437004c410688774ec..3b3dc86cb6852d64ee3855c0ebd43b609f8c519c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    DeleteUserService.new.execute(current_user)
+    DeleteUserService.new(current_user).execute(current_user)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_to new_user_session_path, notice: "Account successfully removed." }
diff --git a/app/services/delete_user_service.rb b/app/services/delete_user_service.rb
index 9017a63af3b3c8905a7107db17f09775fd414fcd..e622fd5ea5d1e5f95bbb40a3334bd718eaa33567 100644
--- a/app/services/delete_user_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/delete_user_service.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 class DeleteUserService
+  attr_accessor :current_user
+
+  def initialize(current_user)
+    @current_user = current_user
+  end
+
   def execute(user)
     if user.solo_owned_groups.present?
       user.errors[:base] << 'You must transfer ownership or delete groups before you can remove user'
diff --git a/lib/api/users.rb b/lib/api/users.rb
index 7d4c68c7412e1108e33265efd57598c746e04ebc..9b268cfe8bc918c9b08847648af8f738de99e39c 100644
--- a/lib/api/users.rb
+++ b/lib/api/users.rb
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ module API
         user = User.find_by(id: params[:id])
 
         if user
-          DeleteUserService.new.execute(user)
+          DeleteUserService.new(current_user).execute(user)
         else
           not_found!('User')
         end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f27e861e1754a889515804a367f5ada53402de47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Admin::UsersController do
+  let(:admin)    { create(:admin) }
+
+  before do
+    sign_in(admin)
+  end
+
+  describe 'DELETE #user with projects' do
+    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+    let(:project) { create(:project, namespace: user.namespace) }
+
+    before do
+      project.team << [user, :developer]
+    end
+
+    it 'deletes user' do
+      delete :destroy, id: user.username, format: :json
+      expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+      expect { User.find(user.id) }.to raise_exception(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+    end
+  end
+end