2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gl_repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/gl_repository.rb
index c2be7f3d63a..a56ca1e39e7 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gl_repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gl_repository.rb
@@ -35,5 +35,9 @@ module Gitlab
 
       [project, type]
     end
+
+    def self.default_type
+      PROJECT
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/repo_path.rb b/lib/gitlab/repo_path.rb
index 207a80b7db2..b4f41b9cd9a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/repo_path.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/repo_path.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ module Gitlab
         return [project, type, redirected_path] if project
       end
 
-      nil
+      # When a project did not exist, the parsed repo_type would be empty.
+      # In that case, we want to continue with a regular project repository. As we
+      # could create the project if the user pushing is allowed to do so.
+      [nil, Gitlab::GlRepository.default_type, nil]
     end
 
     def self.find_project(project_path)