diff --git a/app/controllers/labels_controller.rb b/app/controllers/labels_controller.rb
index 3cbbb8692e01ca37822d8c85f49186d1d966fe4c..999351e22df601760823a86bc358bdaecb878932 100644
--- a/app/controllers/labels_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/labels_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class LabelsController < ProjectResourceController
   respond_to :js, :html
 
   def index
-    @labels = @project.issues.tag_counts_on(:labels).order('count DESC')
+    @labels = @project.issues_labels.order('count DESC')
   end
 
   protected
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index f4d868874b90ca32ccf5cbbf93f8941a56080f0b..3ae15f24b1f0007f05707e8e4b0eedc2a3883b6e 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   def project_id
     self.id
   end
+
+  def issues_labels
+    issues.tag_counts_on(:labels)
+  end
 end
 
 # == Schema Information
diff --git a/app/roles/issue_commonality.rb b/app/roles/issue_commonality.rb
index b21d92a30838f5069a8f9ad07ae8b92fafa32914..4aee916c03c7591879161c1f1a56752b999efb89 100644
--- a/app/roles/issue_commonality.rb
+++ b/app/roles/issue_commonality.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# Contains common functionality shared between Issues and MergeRequests
+# Contains common functionality
+# shared between Issues and MergeRequests
 module IssueCommonality
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern