diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 79d86b1491..d3f2faf5a7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     @root_projects = Project.find(:all,
                                   :conditions => "parent_id IS NULL AND status = #{Project::STATUS_ACTIVE}",
                                   :order => 'name')
-    @copy_project = Project.new
+    @copy_project = Project.copy_attributes(@project)
     if @copy_project
       @copy_project.identifier = Project.next_identifier if Setting.sequential_project_identifiers?
     else
diff --git a/app/views/projects/copy_from_admin.html.erb b/app/views/projects/copy_from_admin.html.erb
index b0ef7b84f4..e1412658c8 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/copy_from_admin.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/copy_from_admin.html.erb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 <h2><%=l(:label_project_new)%></h2>
 
 <%= labelled_tabular_form_for @copy_project, :url => { :action => "copy" } do |f| %>
-  <%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :f => f, :project => @project, :renderTypes => true } %>
+  <%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :f => f, :project => @copy_project, :renderTypes => true } %>
 
   <fieldset class="box">
     <legend><%= l(:button_copy) %></legend>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/copy_from_settings.html.erb b/app/views/projects/copy_from_settings.html.erb
index 7aa53d8801..0523092d7c 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/copy_from_settings.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/copy_from_settings.html.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
   <div class="copy box">
     <%= render :partial => "projects/form/attributes/name", :locals => { :form => f } %>
     <%= render :partial => "projects/form/attributes/identifier", :locals => { :form => f,
-                                                                               :project => @project } %>
+                                                                               :project => @copy_project } %>
     <%= render :partial => "projects/form/attributes/description", :locals => { :form => f } %>
     <%= render :partial => "projects/form/attributes/custom_fields", :locals => { :project => @project } %>
     <%= render :partial => "projects/form/attributes/responsible_id", :locals => { :form => f,