diff --git a/app/views/layouts/notify.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/notify.html.haml
index 3e8dae0b23047c421d27e6534d35cf50ff44b22b..991d4f0c6d8d09a2541b1fa62d68385ddc6b5591 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/notify.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/notify.html.haml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
         \—
         %br
         - if @project
-          You're receiving this notification because you are a member of the #{link_to @project.name_with_namespace, project_url(@project)} project team.
+          You're receiving this notification because you are a member of the #{link_to_unless @target_url, @project.name_with_namespace, project_url(@project)} project team.
         - if @target_url
           #{link_to "View it on GitLab", @target_url}