diff --git a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
index ff04d05..11b2543 100644
--- a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
   def build_new_issue_from_params
     if params[:id].blank?
       @issue = Issue.new
-      @issue.init_journal(User.current)
       if params[:copy_from]
         begin
+          @issue.init_journal(User.current)
           @copy_from = Issue.visible.find(params[:copy_from])
           @link_copy = link_copy?(params[:link_copy]) || request.get?
           @copy_attachments = params[:copy_attachments].present? || request.get?
diff --git a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
index 91a9bc6..75368d9 100644
--- a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
@@ -2225,9 +2225,11 @@ class IssuesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
 
     assert_difference 'Issue.count' do
       assert_difference 'Attachment.count' do
-        post :create, :project_id => 1,
-          :issue => { :tracker_id => '1', :subject => 'With attachment' },
-          :attachments => {'1' => {'file' => uploaded_test_file('testfile.txt', 'text/plain'), 'description' => 'test file'}}
+        assert_no_difference 'Journal.count' do
+          post :create, :project_id => 1,
+            :issue => { :tracker_id => '1', :subject => 'With attachment' },
+            :attachments => {'1' => {'file' => uploaded_test_file('testfile.txt', 'text/plain'), 'description' => 'test file'}}
+        end
       end
     end