diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 4f2773f4147012a9c0463f9a9d100626cea00a04..c14dcd938615daca3eb02b2023668415072cf7e7 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ def update_upvotes_count
   def readable_by?(user)
     if user.can_read_all_resources?
       true
-    elsif project.owner == user
+    elsif project.personal? && project.team.owner?(user)
       true
     elsif confidential? && !assignee_or_author?(user)
       project.team.member?(user, Gitlab::Access::REPORTER)
diff --git a/app/models/project_team.rb b/app/models/project_team.rb
index 8061554006d72791f7ee9a523d9fc34ac25c5b02..c3c7508df9f391462dcc96c174e4111e2e666e12 100644
--- a/app/models/project_team.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_team.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ def owners
       end
   end
 
+  def owner?(user)
+    owners.include?(user)
+  end
+
   def import(source_project, current_user = nil)
     target_project = project
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb
index c0bad96effc1513d60f41f9a82be6fc20253c57a..d5af2d8090634c807b65417061b3735292a67aed 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_team_spec.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,32 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'owner methods' do
+    context 'personal project' do
+      let(:project) { create(:project) }
+      let(:owner) { project.owner }
+
+      specify { expect(project.team.owners).to contain_exactly(owner) }
+      specify { expect(project.team.owner?(owner)).to be_truthy }
+    end
+
+    context 'group project' do
+      let(:group) { create(:group) }
+      let(:project) { create(:project, group: group) }
+      let(:user1) { create(:user) }
+      let(:user2) { create(:user) }
+
+      before do
+        group.add_owner(user1)
+        group.add_owner(user2)
+      end
+
+      specify { expect(project.team.owners).to contain_exactly(user1, user2) }
+      specify { expect(project.team.owner?(user1)).to be_truthy }
+      specify { expect(project.team.owner?(user2)).to be_truthy }
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#fetch_members' do
     context 'personal project' do
       let(:project) { create(:project) }