diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ed09fb1db8a6b0699a4adfd4830cbca6c7a56a2..5b072ce9f6071d1819d8035d5f264056bf70d0a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ entry.
 - Fix applying GitHub-imported labels when importing job is interrupted
 - Allow to search for user by secondary email address in the admin interface(/admin/users) !7115 (YarNayar)
 - Updated commit SHA styling on the branches page.
+- Fix 404 when visit /projects page
 
 ## 8.13.3 (2016-11-02)
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 6988527a3be49d159926436aa67c14deea21e66c..8cd50480ec19db50a0917fc3e9cfe078b6c8a673 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ class ProjectsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   include IssuableCollections
   include ExtractsPath
 
-  before_action :authenticate_user!, except: [:show, :activity, :refs]
-  before_action :project, except: [:new, :create]
-  before_action :repository, except: [:new, :create]
+  before_action :authenticate_user!, except: [:index, :show, :activity, :refs]
+  before_action :project, except: [:index, :new, :create]
+  before_action :repository, except: [:index, :new, :create]
   before_action :assign_ref_vars, only: [:show], if: :repo_exists?
   before_action :tree, only: [:show], if: [:repo_exists?, :project_view_files?]
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
index 8eefa284ba06762032c4b4fb9afacb4088b7ef83..a302d1c57f41eeaa289bdf67006375d6563a378a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ describe ProjectsController do
   let(:jpg)     { fixture_file_upload(Rails.root + 'spec/fixtures/rails_sample.jpg', 'image/jpg') }
   let(:txt)     { fixture_file_upload(Rails.root + 'spec/fixtures/doc_sample.txt', 'text/plain') }
 
+  describe 'GET index' do
+    context 'as a user' do
+      it 'redirects to root page' do
+        sign_in(user)
+
+        get :index
+
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(root_path)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'as a guest' do
+      it 'redirects to Explore page' do
+        get :index
+
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(explore_root_path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET show" do
     context "user not project member" do
       before { sign_in(user) }