diff --git a/app/models/group.rb b/app/models/group.rb
index 70a4ceeffd8..dfa4e8adedd 100644
--- a/app/models/group.rb
+++ b/app/models/group.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 
 class Group < Namespace
   include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
-  include Gitlab::VisibilityLevel
   include AccessRequestable
   include Avatarable
   include Referable
@@ -103,10 +102,6 @@ class Group < Namespace
     full_name
   end
 
-  def visibility_level_field
-    :visibility_level
-  end
-
   def visibility_level_allowed_by_projects
     allowed_by_projects = self.projects.where('visibility_level > ?', self.visibility_level).none?
 
diff --git a/app/models/namespace.rb b/app/models/namespace.rb
index 15713fc5f6d..0bb04194bdb 100644
--- a/app/models/namespace.rb
+++ b/app/models/namespace.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Namespace < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Sortable
   include Gitlab::ShellAdapter
   include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
+  include Gitlab::VisibilityLevel
   include Routable
   include AfterCommitQueue
 
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ class Namespace < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def visibility_level_field
+    :visibility_level
+  end
+
   def to_param
     full_path
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/namespace_spec.rb b/spec/models/namespace_spec.rb
index 62c4ea01ce1..89ea5ceda95 100644
--- a/spec/models/namespace_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/namespace_spec.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ describe Namespace, models: true do
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:has_parent?) }
   end
 
+  describe 'inclusions' do
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel) }
+  end
+
+  describe '#visibility_level_field' do
+    it { expect(namespace.visibility_level_field).to eq(:visibility_level) }
+  end
+
   describe '#to_param' do
     it { expect(namespace.to_param).to eq(namespace.full_path) }
   end