diff --git a/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb b/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb
index 011928db8..ab19feef2 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                 :onchange => "updateIssueFrom('#{escape_javascript update_issue_form_path(@project, @issue)}', this)" %></p>
 <% end %>
 
-<% if @issue.safe_attribute? 'tracker_id' %>
+<% if @issue.safe_attribute?('tracker_id') || (@issue.persisted? && @issue.tracker_id_changed?) %>
 <p><%= f.select :tracker_id, trackers_options_for_select(@issue), {:required => true},
                 :onchange => "updateIssueFrom('#{escape_javascript update_issue_form_path(@project, @issue)}', this)" %></p>
 <% end %>