diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/issuable_actions.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/issuable_actions.rb
index 8a27b7f1c5f..398cb728e05 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/issuable_actions.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/issuable_actions.rb
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ module IssuableActions
     {
         target: @issuable,
         notes_filter: notes_filter
-    }.tap { |hash| hash[:project] = project if respond_to?(:project, true) }
+    }.tap { |new_params| new_params[:project] = project if respond_to?(:project, true) }
   end
   # rubocop:enable Gitlab/ModuleWithInstanceVariables
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/snippets/notes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/snippets/notes_controller.rb
index 1f016493c1f..551b37cb3d3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/snippets/notes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/snippets/notes_controller.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class Snippets::NotesController < ApplicationController
   alias_method :noteable, :snippet
 
   def finder_params
-    params.merge(last_fetched_at: last_fetched_at, target_id: snippet.id, target_type: 'personal_snippet').tap do |hash|
-      hash[:project] = project if respond_to?(:project)
+    params.merge(last_fetched_at: last_fetched_at, target_id: snippet.id, target_type: 'personal_snippet').tap do |merged_params|
+      merged_params[:project] = project if respond_to?(:project)
     end
   end