diff --git a/app/views/projects/_project_templates.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_project_templates.html.haml
index 97cf13df070..5638b7da1b0 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_project_templates.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_project_templates.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .project-templates-buttons.import-buttons{ data: { toggle: "buttons" } }
   .btn.blank-option.active
-    %input{ type: "radio",  autocomplete: "off", name: "project_templates", id: "blank", checked: "true" }
+    %input{ type: "radio",  autocomplete: "off", name: "project[template_name]", id: "blank", checked: "true", value: "" }
     = icon('file-o', class: 'btn-template-icon')
     Blank
   - Gitlab::ProjectTemplate.all.each do |template|
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/zj-fix-fe-blank-button.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/zj-fix-fe-blank-button.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2165d4186c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/zj-fix-fe-blank-button.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix new project form not resetting the template value
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: fixed