diff --git a/app/models/fork_network.rb b/app/models/fork_network.rb
index 0323a8d222a3b53356c2ba9027012bdb3332bd89..d40cba138ba235296bec52c1ccecfab5950abaf2 100644
--- a/app/models/fork_network.rb
+++ b/app/models/fork_network.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 class ForkNetwork < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :root_project, class_name: 'Project'
+  belongs_to :organization, class_name: 'Organizations::Organization', optional: true
+
   has_many :fork_network_members
   has_many :projects, through: :fork_network_members
 
diff --git a/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb b/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb
index 23028e5a0c8385640b4e9f760621e7d4e986bbe3..913e029f48107704f1e19ea9c2755db518fb89a9 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/fork_service.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ def allowed_fork?
     end
 
     def fork_network
-      @fork_network ||= @project.fork_network || @project.build_root_of_fork_network
+      @fork_network ||= @project.fork_network || build_fork_network
+    end
+
+    def build_fork_network
+      @project.build_root_of_fork_network.tap do |fork_network|
+        fork_network.organization = @project.organization
+      end
     end
 
     def build_fork_network_member(fork_to_project)
diff --git a/spec/factories/fork_networks.rb b/spec/factories/fork_networks.rb
index 12ea688bbce9d8f5a3f43ac851543cbde6f804a3..2d529d9e132bcf6ab982210c975091cf27029523 100644
--- a/spec/factories/fork_networks.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/fork_networks.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :fork_network do
     association :root_project, factory: :project
+
+    before(:create) do |network|
+      network.organization_id = network.root_project.organization_id
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/projects/fork_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/projects/fork_service_spec.rb
index 2fd07d3ea9520168eed483c67c94d44d2edc9a8d..6b1cf6029dc622dceaf4180a57fd3fed2dee1172 100644
--- a/spec/services/projects/fork_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/projects/fork_service_spec.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
         expect(fork_network).not_to be_nil
         expect(fork_network.root_project).to eq(project)
         expect(fork_network.projects).to contain_exactly(project, fork_of_project)
+        expect(fork_network.organization).to eq(project.organization)
       end
 
       it 'imports the repository of the forked project', :sidekiq_might_not_need_inline do