diff --git a/app/helpers/ci_status_helper.rb b/app/helpers/ci_status_helper.rb
index d8bee21c82e..f20779f2fbb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/ci_status_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/ci_status_helper.rb
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ module CiStatusHelper
     icon(icon_name + ' fw')
   end
 
-  def render_ci_status(ci_commit)
+  def render_ci_status(ci_commit, tooltip_placement: 'auto left')
     link_to ci_status_icon(ci_commit),
       ci_status_path(ci_commit),
       class: "ci-status-link ci-status-icon-#{ci_commit.status.dasherize}",
       title: "Build #{ci_status_label(ci_commit)}",
-      data: { toggle: 'tooltip', placement: 'left' }
+      data: { toggle: 'tooltip', placement: tooltip_placement }
   end
 
   def no_runners_for_project?(project)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml
index 640a1962ffc..d9868ad1f0a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
           - elsif has_any_ci
             = icon('blank fw')
         %span.merge-request-id
-          \!#{merge_request.iid}
+          = merge_request.to_reference
         %span.merge-request-info
           %strong
             = link_to_gfm merge_request.title, merge_request_path(merge_request), class: "row_title"