diff --git a/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
index cbc8c336bea642679714acbb82e7c7cbb4bf373c..d93eac407b77b52cdc27d53f401c772736fa802f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
@@ -14,17 +14,11 @@ module DashboardHelper
   end
 
   def entities_per_project(project, entity)
-    items = project.items_for(entity)
-
-    items = case params[:status]
-            when 'closed'
-              items.closed
-            when 'all'
-              items
-            else
-              items.opened
-            end
-
-    items.cared(current_user).count
+    case entity.to_sym
+    when :issue then @issues.where(project_id: project.id)
+    when :merge_request then @merge_requests.where(target_project_id: project.id)
+    else
+      []
+    end.count
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_filter.html.haml
index d48a8d6c1ddc4682222a52441ed74be28db5bcfb..13bda305d77f117ab86a0ce8d37e6f555c9d065e 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_filter.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_filter.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
           Assigned to me
       %li{class: ("active" if params[:scope] == 'authored')}
         = link_to filter_path(entity, scope: 'authored') do
-          Authored by me
+          Created by me
       %li{class: ("active" if params[:scope] == 'all')}
         = link_to filter_path(entity, scope: 'all') do
           All
diff --git a/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_issues.rb b/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_issues.rb
index 47d83f73ed28a60d495b80edcf970adff58c182d..9d486bd81568be0ee4b15e9bd51fa62aa2559c6f 100644
--- a/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_issues.rb
+++ b/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_issues.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DashboardIssues < Spinach::FeatureSteps
 
   step 'I click "Authored by me" link' do
     within ".scope-filter" do
-      click_link 'Authored by me'
+      click_link 'Created by me'
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_merge_requests.rb b/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_merge_requests.rb
index 3c35462a8db8a26203522bfe0a4bffa39f2588da..f6fe47470b36582653fb9bab7d8984ed50e98f94 100644
--- a/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_merge_requests.rb
+++ b/features/steps/dashboard/dashboard_merge_requests.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DashboardMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
 
   step 'I click "Authored by me" link' do
     within ".scope-filter" do
-      click_link 'Authored by me'
+      click_link 'Created by me'
     end
   end