diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
index 8b06c93f21..5dad4f9c68 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 					{{end}}
 				</div>
 			</div>
-			<div class="ui list tw-hidden">
-				<span class="item empty-list">No column</span>
-			</div>
 		</div>
 	{{else if $selectedColumn}}
 		<div class="tw-mt-1">
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-issue-sidebar-combolist.ts b/web_src/js/features/repo-issue-sidebar-combolist.ts
index 7c9f4e951a..f7a6f42051 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-issue-sidebar-combolist.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-issue-sidebar-combolist.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class IssueSidebarComboList {
   updateAlgo: string;
   selectionMode: string;
   elDropdown: HTMLElement;
-  elList: HTMLElement;
+  elList: HTMLElement | null;
   elComboValue: HTMLInputElement;
   initialValues: string[];
   container: HTMLElement;
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export class IssueSidebarComboList {
   }
 
   updateUiList(changedValues: Array<string>) {
+    if (!this.elList) return;
     const elEmptyTip = this.elList.querySelector('.item.empty-list')!;
     queryElemChildren(this.elList, '.item:not(.empty-list)', (el) => el.remove());
     for (const value of changedValues) {
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.ts b/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.ts
index 8da28f7f3a..5cbfac5692 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-issue.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ function initIssueTemplateCommentEditors(commentForm: HTMLFormElement) {
 }
 
 export function initRepoCommentFormAndSidebar() {
+  initRepoIssueSidebar();
+
   const commentForm = document.querySelector<HTMLFormElement>('.comment.form');
   if (!commentForm) return;
 
@@ -576,6 +578,4 @@ export function initRepoCommentFormAndSidebar() {
     // it's quite unclear about the "comment form" elements, sometimes it's for issue comment, sometimes it's for file editor/uploader message
     initSingleCommentEditor(commentForm);
   }
-
-  initRepoIssueSidebar();
 }