diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85cdb0e1ab7..289919776eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
   - Fix reply-by-email not working due to queue name mismatch
   - Fixed hidden pipeline graph on commit and MR page !6895
   - Expire and build repository cache after project import
+  - Reduce overhead of LabelFinder by avoiding #presence call !7094
   - Fix 404 for group pages when GitLab setup uses relative url
   - Simpler arguments passed to named_route on toggle_award_url helper method
   - Fix unauthorized users dragging on issue boards
diff --git a/app/finders/labels_finder.rb b/app/finders/labels_finder.rb
index 95e62cdb02a..44484d64567 100644
--- a/app/finders/labels_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/labels_finder.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class LabelsFinder < UnionFinder
   end
 
   def projects_ids
-    params[:project_ids].presence
+    params[:project_ids]
   end
 
   def title