diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_milestone_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_milestone_dropdown.html.haml
index 955b8866c2c..37625a4a163 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_milestone_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_milestone_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 - project = @target_project || @project
 - extra_class = extra_class || ''
 - show_menu_above = show_menu_above || false
+- selected = local_assigns.fetch(:selected, nil)
+
 - selected_text = selected.try(:title) || params[:milestone_title]
 - dropdown_title = local_assigns.fetch(:dropdown_title, "Filter by milestone")
 - if selected.present? || params[:milestone_title].present?