1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 088a7cb83d5..7d71b0773e0 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -351,7 +351,9 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     def find_by_full_path(path, follow_redirects: false)
       namespace = Namespace.find_by_full_path(path, follow_redirects: follow_redirects)
-      namespace&.owner
+      return unless namespace && namespace.kind == 'user'
+
+      namespace.owner
     end
 
     def reference_prefix