diff --git a/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml
index c1acee1a211..5f3cdaefd54 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - if @projects.any?
   .project-item-select-holder
-    = project_select_tag :project_path, class: "project-item-select", data: { include_groups: local_assigns[:include_groups], order_by: 'last_activity_at' }, with_feature_enabled: local_assigns[:with_feature_enabled]
-    %a.btn.btn-new.new-project-item-select-button{ data: { relative_path: local_assigns[:path] } }
+    = project_select_tag :project_path, class: "project-item-select", data: { include_groups: local_assigns[:include_groups], order_by: 'last_activity_at', relative_path: local_assigns[:path] }, with_feature_enabled: local_assigns[:with_feature_enabled]
+    %a.btn.btn-new.new-project-item-select-button
       = local_assigns[:label]
       = icon('caret-down')
diff --git a/spec/features/dashboard/issues_spec.rb b/spec/features/dashboard/issues_spec.rb
index 69c1a2ed89a..2a5ef08da60 100644
--- a/spec/features/dashboard/issues_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/dashboard/issues_spec.rb
@@ -78,5 +78,23 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Issues', feature: true do
         expect(page).not_to have_content(project_with_issues_disabled.name_with_namespace)
       end
     end
+
+    it 'shows the new issue page', js: true do
+      Gitlab::Application.routes.default_url_options = {
+        host: Capybara.current_session.server.host,
+        port: Capybara.current_session.server.port,
+        protocol: 'http'
+      }
+
+      find('.new-project-item-select-button').trigger('click')
+      wait_for_requests
+      find('.select2-results li').click
+
+      expect(page).to have_current_path("/#{project.path_with_namespace}/issues/new")
+
+      page.within('#content-body') do
+        expect(page).to have_selector('.issue-form')
+      end
+    end
   end
 end