diff --git a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
index e23a82d01be..bc3e95f1aed 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ class GroupsController < Groups::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def load_events
+    params[:sort] ||= 'latest_activity_desc'
+
+    options = {}
+    options[:only_owned] = true if params[:shared] == '0'
+    options[:only_shared] = true if params[:shared] == '1'
+
+    @projects = GroupProjectsFinder.new(params: params, group: group, options: options, current_user: current_user)
+                  .execute
+                  .includes(:namespace)
+                  .page(params[:page])
+
     @events = EventCollection
       .new(@projects, offset: params[:offset].to_i, filter: event_filter)
       .to_a
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-fix-group-atom-feed.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-fix-group-atom-feed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48f67db7799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/bvl-fix-group-atom-feed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix the atom feed for group events
+merge_request: 14974
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb
index e7631d4d709..5036c1d2226 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,31 @@ describe GroupsController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'GET #show' do
+    before do
+      sign_in(user)
+      project
+    end
+
+    context 'as html' do
+      it 'assigns whether or not a group has children' do
+        get :show, id: group.to_param
+
+        expect(assigns(:has_children)).to be_truthy
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'as atom' do
+      it 'assigns events for all the projects in the group' do
+        create(:event, project: project)
+
+        get :show, id: group.to_param, format: :atom
+
+        expect(assigns(:events)).not_to be_empty
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'GET #new' do
     context 'when creating subgroups', :nested_groups do
       [true, false].each do |can_create_group_status|