diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_form.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_form.html.haml
index b01a36265f9..1ad2c09e13c 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_form.html.haml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       - if can? current_user, :admin_label, issuable.project
         = link_to 'Create new label', new_namespace_project_label_path(issuable.project.namespace, issuable.project), target: :blank
 
-- if issuable.can_move?(current_user)
+- if issuable.can_move?(current_user) && issuable.persisted?
   %hr
   .form-group
     = label_tag :move_to_project_id, 'Move', class: 'control-label'