diff --git a/app/views/issues/_attributes.html.erb b/app/views/issues/_attributes.html.erb
index 8bf7dc0..2b73623 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_attributes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/_attributes.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <div class="splitcontent">
 <div class="splitcontentleft">
-<% if @issue.safe_attribute? 'status_id'  %>
+<% if @issue.safe_attribute?('status_id') && @allowed_statuses.present? %>
 <p><%= f.select :status_id, (@allowed_statuses.collect {|p| [p.name, p.id]}), {:required => true},
                 :onchange => "updateIssueFrom('#{escape_javascript project_issue_form_path(@project, :id => @issue, :format => 'js')}')" %></p>