diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/base_controller.rb
index 659a920dd..41bf3b8d9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/base_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ class Projects::BaseController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def init_statistics
-    @opened_issues_count        = @project.issues.without_pull_requests.not_closed_or_merged.count
-    @opened_pull_requests_count = @project.issues.joins(:pull_request).not_closed_or_merged.count
+    if @project
+      @opened_issues_count        = @project.issues.without_pull_requests.not_closed_or_merged.count
+      @opened_pull_requests_count = @project.issues.joins(:pull_request).not_closed_or_merged.count
+    end
   end
 end