diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6
index e0fd2509e80..42950d90e5c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-$(() => {
+$(function () {
   $('.js-new-board-list').each(function () {
     const $this = $(this);
 
+    new gl.CreateLabelDropdown($this.closest('.dropdown').find('.dropdown-new-label'), $this.data('project-id'));
+
     $this.glDropdown({
       data: function(term, callback) {
         $.ajax({
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/create_label.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/create_label.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1686f06dffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/create_label.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+(function (w) {
+  class CreateLabelDropdown {
+    constructor ($el, projectId) {
+      this.$el = $el;
+      this.projectId = projectId;
+      this.$dropdownBack = $('.dropdown-menu-back', this.$el.closest('.dropdown'));
+      this.$cancelButton = $('.js-cancel-label-btn', this.$el);
+      this.$newLabelField = $('#new_label_name', this.$el);
+      this.$newColorField = $('#new_label_color', this.$el);
+      this.$colorPreview = $('.js-dropdown-label-color-preview', this.$el);
+      this.$newLabelError = $('.js-label-error', this.$el);
+      this.$newLabelCreateButton = $('.js-new-label-btn', this.$el);
+      this.$colorSuggestions = $('.suggest-colors-dropdown a', this.$el);
+
+      this.$newLabelError.hide();
+      this.$newLabelCreateButton.disable();
+
+      this.cleanBinding();
+      this.addBinding();
+    }
+
+    cleanBinding () {
+      this.$colorSuggestions.off('click');
+      this.$newLabelField.off('keyup change');
+      this.$newColorField.off('keyup change');
+      this.$dropdownBack.off('click');
+      this.$cancelButton.off('click');
+      this.$newLabelCreateButton.off('click');
+    }
+
+    addBinding () {
+      const self = this;
+
+      this.$colorSuggestions.on('click', function (e) {
+        const $this = $(this);
+        self.addColorValue(e, $this);
+      });
+
+      this.$newLabelField.on('keyup change', this.enableLabelCreateButton.bind(this));
+      this.$newColorField.on('keyup change', this.enableLabelCreateButton.bind(this));
+
+      this.$dropdownBack.on('click', this.resetForm.bind(this));
+
+      this.$cancelButton.on('click', function(e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+
+        self.resetForm();
+        self.$dropdownBack.trigger('click');
+      });
+
+      this.$newLabelCreateButton.on('click', this.saveLabel.bind(this));
+    }
+
+    addColorValue (e, $this) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+
+      this.$newColorField.val($this.data('color')).trigger('change');
+      this.$colorPreview
+        .css('background-color', $this.data('color'))
+        .parent()
+        .addClass('is-active');
+    }
+
+    enableLabelCreateButton () {
+      if (this.$newLabelField.val() !== '' && this.$newColorField.val() !== '') {
+        this.$newLabelError.hide();
+        this.$newLabelCreateButton.enable();
+      } else {
+        this.$newLabelCreateButton.disable();
+      }
+    }
+
+    resetForm () {
+      this.$newLabelField
+        .val('')
+        .trigger('change');
+
+      this.$newColorField
+        .val('')
+        .trigger('change');
+
+      this.$colorPreview
+        .css('background-color', '')
+        .parent()
+        .removeClass('is-active');
+    }
+
+    saveLabel (e) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+
+      Api.newLabel(this.projectId, {
+        name: this.$newLabelField.val(),
+        color: this.$newColorField.val()
+      }, (label) => {
+        this.$newLabelCreateButton.enable();
+
+        if (label.message) {
+          let errors;
+
+          if (typeof label.message === 'string') {
+            errors = label.message;
+          } else {
+            errors = _.map(label.message, function (value, key) {
+              return key + " " + value[0];
+            }).join("<br/>");
+          }
+
+          this.$newLabelError
+            .html(errors)
+            .show();
+        } else {
+          this.$dropdownBack.trigger('click');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!w.gl) {
+    w.gl = {};
+  }
+
+  gl.CreateLabelDropdown = CreateLabelDropdown;
+})(window);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/labels_select.js b/app/assets/javascripts/labels_select.js
index bee37182d4d..985b782aa50 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/labels_select.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/labels_select.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       var _this;
       _this = this;
       $('.js-label-select').each(function(i, dropdown) {
-        var $block, $colorPreview, $dropdown, $form, $loading, $newLabelCreateButton, $newLabelError, $selectbox, $sidebarCollapsedValue, $value, abilityName, defaultLabel, enableLabelCreateButton, issueURLSplit, issueUpdateURL, labelHTMLTemplate, labelNoneHTMLTemplate, labelUrl, newColorField, newLabelField, projectId, resetForm, saveLabel, saveLabelData, selectedLabel, showAny, showNo;
+        var $block, $colorPreview, $dropdown, $form, $loading, $selectbox, $sidebarCollapsedValue, $value, abilityName, defaultLabel, enableLabelCreateButton, issueURLSplit, issueUpdateURL, labelHTMLTemplate, labelNoneHTMLTemplate, labelUrl, projectId, saveLabelData, selectedLabel, showAny, showNo;
         $dropdown = $(dropdown);
         projectId = $dropdown.data('project-id');
         labelUrl = $dropdown.data('labels');
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
         if ((selectedLabel != null) && !$dropdown.hasClass('js-multiselect')) {
           selectedLabel = selectedLabel.split(',');
         }
-        newLabelField = $('#new_label_name');
-        newColorField = $('#new_label_color');
         showNo = $dropdown.data('show-no');
         showAny = $dropdown.data('show-any');
         defaultLabel = $dropdown.data('default-label');
@@ -24,10 +22,6 @@
         $form = $dropdown.closest('form');
         $sidebarCollapsedValue = $block.find('.sidebar-collapsed-icon span');
         $value = $block.find('.value');
-        $newLabelError = $('.js-label-error');
-        $colorPreview = $('.js-dropdown-label-color-preview');
-        $newLabelCreateButton = $('.js-new-label-btn');
-        $newLabelError.hide();
         $loading = $block.find('.block-loading').fadeOut();
         if (issueUpdateURL != null) {
           issueURLSplit = issueUpdateURL.split('/');
@@ -36,62 +30,9 @@
           labelHTMLTemplate = _.template('<% _.each(labels, function(label){ %> <a href="<%- ["",issueURLSplit[1], issueURLSplit[2],""].join("/") %>issues?label_name[]=<%- encodeURIComponent(label.title) %>"> <span class="label has-tooltip color-label" title="<%- label.description %>" style="background-color: <%- label.color %>; color: <%- label.text_color %>;"> <%- label.title %> </span> </a> <% }); %>');
           labelNoneHTMLTemplate = '<span class="no-value">None</span>';
         }
-        if (newLabelField.length) {
-          $('.suggest-colors-dropdown a').on("click", function(e) {
-            e.preventDefault();
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            newColorField.val($(this).data('color')).trigger('change');
-            return $colorPreview.css('background-color', $(this).data('color')).parent().addClass('is-active');
-          });
-          resetForm = function() {
-            newLabelField.val('').trigger('change');
-            newColorField.val('').trigger('change');
-            return $colorPreview.css('background-color', '').parent().removeClass('is-active');
-          };
-          $('.dropdown-menu-back').on('click', function() {
-            return resetForm();
-          });
-          $('.js-cancel-label-btn').on('click', function(e) {
-            e.preventDefault();
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            resetForm();
-            return $('.dropdown-menu-back', $dropdown.parent()).trigger('click');
-          });
-          enableLabelCreateButton = function() {
-            if (newLabelField.val() !== '' && newColorField.val() !== '') {
-              $newLabelError.hide();
-              return $newLabelCreateButton.enable();
-            } else {
-              return $newLabelCreateButton.disable();
-            }
-          };
-          saveLabel = function() {
-            return Api.newLabel(projectId, {
-              name: newLabelField.val(),
-              color: newColorField.val()
-            }, function(label) {
-              $newLabelCreateButton.enable();
-              if (label.message != null) {
-                var errorText = label.message;
-                if (_.isObject(label.message)) {
-                  errorText = _.map(label.message, function(value, key) {
-                    return key + " " + value[0];
-                  }).join('<br/>');
-                }
-                return $newLabelError.html(errorText).show();
-              } else {
-                return $('.dropdown-menu-back', $dropdown.parent()).trigger('click');
-              }
-            });
-          };
-          newLabelField.on('keyup change', enableLabelCreateButton);
-          newColorField.on('keyup change', enableLabelCreateButton);
-          $newLabelCreateButton.disable().on('click', function(e) {
-            e.preventDefault();
-            e.stopPropagation();
-            return saveLabel();
-          });
-        }
+
+        new gl.CreateLabelDropdown($dropdown.closest('.dropdown').find('.dropdown-new-label'), projectId);
+
         saveLabelData = function() {
           var data, selected;
           selected = $dropdown.closest('.selectbox').find("input[name='" + ($dropdown.data('field-name')) + "']").map(function() {
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
index 0fbf9a086e8..949592a36eb 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             = render 'shared/sort_dropdown'
           - elsif current_user
             .dropdown
-              %button.btn.btn-create.js-new-board-list{ type: "button", data: { toggle: "dropdown", labels: labels_filter_path } }
+              %button.btn.btn-create.js-new-board-list{ type: "button", data: { toggle: "dropdown", labels: labels_filter_path, project_id: @project.try(:id) } }
                 Create new list
               .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-paging.dropdown-menu-align-right.dropdown-menu-issues-board-new.dropdown-menu-selectable
                 = render partial: "shared/issuable/label_page_default", locals: { show_footer: true, show_create: true, show_boards_content: true, title: "Create a new list" }