diff --git a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
index 0192b1c253e28818ef21c79cb44b746f2825970e..87b8ef033138e566f2614c451e79c7c4805186b4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ class GroupsController < Groups::ApplicationController
       flash[:notice] = "Group '#{@group.name}' was successfully transferred."
       redirect_to group_path(@group)
     else
-      flash.now[:alert] = service.error
-      render :edit
+      flash[:alert] = service.error
+      redirect_to edit_group_path(@group)
     end
   end
   # rubocop: enable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/xanf-gitlab-ce-transfer-disables-js.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/xanf-gitlab-ce-transfer-disables-js.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57c9a1aaa48016d68359799729895c6643497bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/xanf-gitlab-ce-transfer-disables-js.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Group transfer now properly redirects to edit on failure
+merge_request: 26837
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb
index b2e6df6060ae20a7e5e19f194f1bc89ecbf6f685..38d7240ea81bcaf556207fb110724882970d0640 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ describe GroupsController do
       end
 
       it 'should redirect to the current path' do
-        expect(response).to render_template(:edit)
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(edit_group_path(group))
       end
     end