diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/protected_branches/protected_branch_dropdown.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/protected_branches/protected_branch_dropdown.js.es6
index 9b551a1ed8c..1ab72ee49e4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/protected_branches/protected_branch_dropdown.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/protected_branches/protected_branch_dropdown.js.es6
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ProtectedBranchDropdown {
   onClickCreateWildcard() {
     // Refresh the dropdown's data, which ends up calling `getProtectedBranches`
     this.$dropdown.data('glDropdown').remote.execute();
-    this.$dropdown.data('glDropdown').selectRowAtIndex(gon.open_branches.length);
+    this.$dropdown.data('glDropdown').selectRowAtIndex();
   }
 
   getProtectedBranches(term, callback) {