diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb
index 04f2f77faf2..d1b99ecce4a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Projects::BoardsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   def assign_endpoint_vars
     @boards_endpoint = project_boards_url(project)
     @bulk_issues_path = bulk_update_project_issues_path(project)
-    @namespace_path = project.namespace.path
+    @namespace_path = project.namespace.full_path
     @labels_endpoint = project_labels_path(project)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/path_regex.rb b/lib/gitlab/path_regex.rb
index 894bd5efae5..7c02c9c5c48 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/path_regex.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/path_regex.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Gitlab
       apple-touch-icon.png
       assets
       autocomplete
+      boards
       ci
       dashboard
       deploy.html