diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6c8b4e6cd80..50cfc95ef33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ v 6.7.0
   - Add retry feature for repository import
   - Reuse the GitLab LDAP connection within each request
   - Changed markdown new line behaviour to conform to markdown standards
+  - Fix global search
 
 
 v 6.6.2
diff --git a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
index c1648d6c387..8df84e9884a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class SearchController < ApplicationController
 
     if @project
       return access_denied! unless can?(current_user, :download_code, @project)
+
       @search_results = Search::ProjectService.new(@project, current_user, params).execute
     else
       @search_results = Search::GlobalService.new(current_user, params).execute
diff --git a/app/services/search/global_service.rb b/app/services/search/global_service.rb
index 09c7cb25dd5..372d1bf7129 100644
--- a/app/services/search/global_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search/global_service.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ module Search
       group = Group.find_by(id: params[:group_id]) if params[:group_id].present?
       projects = Project.accessible_to(current_user)
       projects = projects.where(namespace_id: group.id) if group
-      projects = projects.search(query)
       project_ids = projects.pluck(:id)
 
+      projects = projects.search(query)
+
       result[:projects] = projects.limit(20)
       result[:merge_requests] = MergeRequest.in_projects(project_ids).search(query).order('updated_at DESC').limit(20)
       result[:issues] = Issue.where(project_id: project_ids).search(query).order('updated_at DESC').limit(20)