1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/services/groups/create_service.rb b/app/services/groups/create_service.rb
index 74aad3b1c94..8f1f25a7307 100644
--- a/app/services/groups/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/groups/create_service.rb
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ module Groups
     end
 
     def can_use_visibility_level?
-      unless Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.allowed_for?(current_user, params[:visibility_level])
+      unless Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.allowed_for?(current_user, visibility_level)
         deny_visibility_level(@group)
         return false
       end
 
       true
     end
+
+    def visibility_level
+      params[:visibility].present? ? Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.level_value(params[:visibility]) : params[:visibility_level]
+    end
   end
 end