diff --git a/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb
index 1a6b1bd4d..10aaa1ae6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Organizations::OrganizationsController < Organizations::BaseController
     project.update_attributes!(is_public: false)
     project.forked_projects.update_all(is_public: project.is_public)
     gitea_params = {
-      private: false,
+      private: true,
       default_branch: project.default_branch,
       website: project.website,
       name: project.identifier