diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/context_menu.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/context_menu.tmpl
index fdefde979dc5..71ce03a4cab0 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/context_menu.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/context_menu.tmpl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		<div class="item context" data-clipboard-text="{{$referenceUrl}}">{{.ctx.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.context.copy_link"}}</div>
 		<div class="item context quote-reply {{if .diff}}quote-reply-diff{{end}}" data-target="{{.item.ID}}">{{.ctx.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.context.quote_reply"}}</div>
 		{{if not .ctx.UnitIssuesGlobalDisabled}}
-			<div class="item context reference-issue" data-target="{{.item.ID}}" data-modal="#reference-issue-modal" data-poster="{{.item.Poster.GetDisplayName}}" data-reference="{{$referenceUrl}}">{{.ctx.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.context.reference_issue"}}</div>
+			<div class="item context reference-issue" data-target="{{.item.ID}}" data-modal="#reference-issue-modal" data-poster="{{.item.Poster.GetDisplayName}}" data-poster-username="{{.item.Poster.Name}}" data-reference="{{$referenceUrl}}">{{.ctx.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.context.reference_issue"}}</div>
 		{{end}}
 		{{if or .ctx.Permission.IsAdmin .IsCommentPoster .ctx.HasIssuesOrPullsWritePermission}}
 			<div class="divider"></div>
diff --git a/web_src/js/index.js b/web_src/js/index.js
index 78caa51fd652..a092452e6b2b 100644
--- a/web_src/js/index.js
+++ b/web_src/js/index.js
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ async function initRepository() {
       const content = $(`#comment-${$this.data('target')}`).text();
       const subject = content.split('\n', 1)[0].slice(0, 255);
 
-      const poster = $this.data('poster');
+      const poster = $this.data('poster-username');
       const reference = $this.data('reference');
 
       const $modal = $($this.data('modal'));