diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index b94de4c7b5e..4f038477755 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class GitLabDropdown
       # Toggle active class for the tick mark
       el.toggleClass "is-active"
 
-      if value
+      if value?
         if !field.length
           # Create hidden input for form
           input = "<input type='hidden' name='#{fieldName}' />"
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
index 4df96a06dbe..42a3c2c3f02 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_filter.html.haml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                   %a{href: "#", data: {id: "close"}} Closed
           .filter-item.inline
             = dropdown_tag("Assignee", options: { toggle_class: "js-user-search", title: "Assign to", filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-user dropdown-menu-selectable",
-              placeholder: "Search authors", data: { first_user: (current_user.username if current_user), current_user: true, project_id: @project.id, field_name: "update[assignee_id]" } })
+              placeholder: "Search authors", data: { first_user: (current_user.username if current_user), null_user: true, current_user: true, project_id: @project.id, field_name: "update[assignee_id]" } })
           .filter-item.inline
             = dropdown_tag("Milestone", options: { title: "Assign milestone", toggle_class: 'js-milestone-select', filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable",
               placeholder: "Search milestones", data: { show_no: true, field_name: "update[milestone_id]", project_id: @project.id, milestones: namespace_project_milestones_path(@project.namespace, @project, :js), use_id: true } })