diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6
index 1682d137de0..a9d94660fa0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/board_blank_state.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     methods: {
       addDefaultLists: function () {
         BoardsStore.removeBlankState();
-        
+
         _.each(this.predefinedLabels, (label, i) => {
           BoardsStore.addList({
             title: label.title,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml
index 8461c62d7d4..d7c8b5ed57f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_board.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
           {{ list.title }}
           %span.pull-right{ "v-if" => "list.type !== 'blank'" }
             {{ list.issues.length }}
-          - if current_user
+          - if can?(current_user, :admin_list, @project)
             %board-delete{ "inline-template" => true,
               "v-if" => "!isPreset",
               ":list" => "list" }
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
           "v-show" => "!loading",
           ":data-board" => "list.id" }
           = render "projects/boards/components/card"
-      - if current_user
+      - if can?(current_user, :admin_list, @project)
         = render "projects/boards/components/blank_state"
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/show.html.haml
index 700bcc21258..c02bda60b50 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/show.html.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 .boards-list#board-app{ "v-cloak" => true,
   ":endpoint" => "'#{namespace_project_board_path(@project.namespace, @project)}'",
-  ":disabled" => "#{current_user.nil?}",
+  ":disabled" => "#{!can?(current_user, :admin_list, @project)}",
   ":issue-link-base" => "'#{namespace_project_issues_path(@project.namespace, @project)}'" }
   .boards-app-loading.text-center{ "v-if" => "loading" }
     = icon("spinner spin")