diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
index 91c1e4dff79..74fe45e1ff6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ class Dashboard::ProjectsController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def load_projects(finder_params)
-    ProjectsFinder.new(params: finder_params, current_user: current_user)
-      .execute.includes(:route, namespace: :route)
+    ProjectsFinder
+      .new(params: finder_params, current_user: current_user)
+      .execute
+      .includes(:route, :creator, namespace: :route)
   end
 
   def load_events
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/eager-load-project-creators-for-project-dashboards.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/eager-load-project-creators-for-project-dashboards.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e550e0b2f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/eager-load-project-creators-for-project-dashboards.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Eager load project creators for project dashboards
+merge_request:
+author: