diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index fac928ef202..641141072f4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ class GitLabDropdown
             @fullData = data
 
             @parseData @fullData
+
+            if @options.filterable
+              @filterInput.trigger 'keyup'
         }
 
     # Init filterable
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
index 08bfd93f4e6..55d7a38cce2 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
                               Manage labels
                             - else
                               View labels
+                  = dropdown_loading
 
       = render "shared/issuable/participants", participants: issuable.participants(current_user)
       - if current_user