diff --git a/app/finders/labels_finder.rb b/app/finders/labels_finder.rb
index 2291c64b84d83b93832e79c405eaa84910bda7b1..032172fdfa8872565cc54af0c014656a050a1b45 100644
--- a/app/finders/labels_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/labels_finder.rb
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ class LabelsFinder < UnionFinder
   def with_title(items)
     # Match no labels if an empty title is supplied to avoid matching all
     # labels (e.g. when an issue is moved)
-    return Label.none if params[:title] && params[:title].empty?
+    return items.none if raw_title && raw_title.empty?
 
-    items = items.where(title: title) if title
-    items
+    if title
+      items = items.where(title: title)
+    else
+      items
+    end
   end
 
   def group_id
@@ -59,6 +62,10 @@ class LabelsFinder < UnionFinder
     params[:title].presence || params[:name].presence
   end
 
+  def raw_title
+    params[:title] || params[:name]
+  end
+
   def project
     return @project if defined?(@project)
 
diff --git a/spec/finders/labels_finder_spec.rb b/spec/finders/labels_finder_spec.rb
index 114399ea3dc3f78f8d30d2615c20760a06c09389..eb8df8e2bb2dc4f43b45463e610921b403cd7231 100644
--- a/spec/finders/labels_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/finders/labels_finder_spec.rb
@@ -65,11 +65,23 @@ describe LabelsFinder do
         expect(finder.execute).to eq [group_label_2]
       end
 
+      it 'returns label with title alias' do
+        finder = described_class.new(user, name: 'Group Label 2')
+
+        expect(finder.execute).to eq [group_label_2]
+      end
+
       it 'returns no labels if empty titles are supplied' do
         finder = described_class.new(user, title: [])
 
         expect(finder.execute).to be_empty
       end
+
+      it 'returns no labels if empty names are supplied' do
+        finder = described_class.new(user, name: [])
+
+        expect(finder.execute).to be_empty
+      end
     end
   end
 end