diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index b7df2e4..d525ad1 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     (source_project.root_ref? source_branch) || for_fork?
   end
 
+  def project
+    target_project
+  end
+
   private
 
   def dump_commits(commits)
--
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