diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 197ddaf74..8bb0ed920 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
                                                :project_category_id, :project_language_id, :private, :identifier)
 
         Projects::UpdateForm.new(validate_params.merge(user_id: @project.user_id, project_identifier: @project.identifier, project_name: @project.name)).validate!
-
-        private = @project.forked_from_project.present? ? !@project.forked_from_project.is_public : params[:private] || false
+  
+        private = @project.forked_from_project.present? ? !@project.forked_from_project.is_public : params[:private] || !@project.is_public
 
         new_project_params = project_params.except(:private).merge(is_public: !private)
         @project.update_attributes!(new_project_params)