diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8dde01bf355..55f8e149629 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -778,8 +778,14 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def assigned_open_merge_request_count
     Rails.cache.fetch(['users', id, 'assigned_open_merge_request_count'], expires_in: 60) do
-       assigned_merge_requests.opened.count
-     end
+      assigned_merge_requests.opened.count
+    end
+  end
+
+  def assigned_open_issues_count
+    Rails.cache.fetch(['users', id, 'assigned_open_issues_count'], expires_in: 60) do
+      assigned_issues.opened.count
+    end
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml
index e14ae850fcc..306ebd5fcf7 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       = icon('exclamation-circle fw')
       %span
         Issues
-        %span.count= number_with_delimiter(current_user.assigned_issues.opened.count)
+        %span.count= number_with_delimiter(current_user.assigned_open_issues_count)
   = nav_link(path: 'dashboard#merge_requests') do
     = link_to assigned_mrs_dashboard_path, title: 'Merge Requests', class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-merge_requests' do
       = icon('tasks fw')