diff --git a/module/gitlab/model.php b/module/gitlab/model.php
index ff4437dab1..46415d56b0 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/model.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/model.php
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ class gitlabModel extends model
      */
     public function apiUpdateIssue($gitlabID, $projectID, $issueID, $objectType, $object, $objectID = null)
     {
+        /* Get full object when desc is empty. */
+        if(!isset($object->description) || (isset($object->description) && $object->description == '')) $object = $this->loadModel($objectType)->getByID($objectID);
+
         if(!isset($object->id) && !empty($objectID)) $object->id = $objectID;
         $issue   = $this->parseObjectToIssue($gitlabID, $projectID, $objectType, $object);
         $apiRoot = $this->getApiRoot($gitlabID);