diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_init_auto_complete.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_init_auto_complete.html.haml
index 79483d629d0..351100f3523 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_init_auto_complete.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_init_auto_complete.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - project = @target_project || @project
-- noteable_class = @noteable.nil? ? nil : @noteable.class
+- noteable_class = @noteable.class if @noteable.present?
 
 :javascript
   GitLab.GfmAutoComplete.dataSource = "#{autocomplete_sources_namespace_project_path(project.namespace, project, type: noteable_class, type_id: params[:id])}"