diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index d845e91e20..7f548347a4 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ sub git_project_index {
 
 	foreach my $pr (@projects) {
 		if (!exists $pr->{'owner'}) {
-			$pr->{'owner'} = get_file_owner("$projectroot/$project");
+			$pr->{'owner'} = get_file_owner("$projectroot/$pr->{'path'}");
 		}
 
 		my ($path, $owner) = ($pr->{'path'}, $pr->{'owner'});