diff --git a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
index 8231f8fa334..1c213983a5b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ module IssuablesHelper
 
     if issuable.tasks?
       output << "&ensp;".html_safe
-      output << content_tag(:span, issuable.task_status, id: "task_status", class: "hidden-xs")
-      output << content_tag(:span, issuable.task_status_short, id: "task_status_short", class: "hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg")
+      output << content_tag(:span, issuable.task_status, id: "task_status", class: "hidden-xs hidden-sm")
+      output << content_tag(:span, issuable.task_status_short, id: "task_status_short", class: "hidden-md hidden-lg")
     end
 
     output
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/25941-odd-overflow-behavior-for-long-issue-headers.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/25941-odd-overflow-behavior-for-long-issue-headers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c28cf7a0f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/25941-odd-overflow-behavior-for-long-issue-headers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Change earlier to task_status_short to avoid titlebar line wraps
+merge_request:
+author: