diff --git a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
index 02117345c4d0ec58d5cd13305682ccbce70e2fd4..2048b03013569bd18afe7432dba75dd666593a55 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb
@@ -155,15 +155,19 @@ def issuable_meta_author_status(author)
   def issuable_meta(issuable, project)
     icon_name =
 
-      if WorkItems::Type.base_types.key?(Issue.last.issue_type)
+      if issuable.is_a?(Issue) && WorkItems::Type.base_types.key?(issuable&.issue_type.downcase)
         "issue-type-#{issuable.issue_type.downcase}"
       else
         'issue-type-issue'
       end
 
     output = []
-    output << content_tag(:span, sprite_icon("#{icon_name}", css_class: 'gl-icon gl-vertical-align-middle'), class: 'gl-mr-2')
-    output << "#{issuable.issue_type.capitalize} created #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issuable.created_at)} by ".html_safe
+    if issuable.is_a?(Issue)
+      output << content_tag(:span, sprite_icon("#{icon_name}", css_class: 'gl-icon gl-vertical-align-middle'), class: 'gl-mr-2')
+      output << "#{issuable.issue_type.capitalize} created #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issuable.created_at)} by ".html_safe
+    elsif
+      output << "Created #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issuable.created_at)} by ".html_safe
+    end
 
     if issuable.is_a?(Issue) && issuable.service_desk_reply_to
       output << "#{html_escape(issuable.service_desk_reply_to)} via "
diff --git a/spec/helpers/issuables_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/issuables_helper_spec.rb
index 05424de213451174c3b3bf86a84141afb3b1a569..d14237b5270404cfff6e36f981fd5bc811ee73ec 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/issuables_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/issuables_helper_spec.rb
@@ -104,11 +104,12 @@
     let_it_be(:project) { create(:project) }
 
     describe 'Issue type' do
-      let(:issuable) { build(:merge_request, source_project: project, author: user, created_at: '2022-07-27') }
+      let(:user) { create(:user) }
+      let(:issuable) { create(:issue) }
 
       it 'displays the icon of Issue Type' do
         content = helper.issuable_meta(issuable, project)
-        expect(content).to match('<span class="gl-mr-2"><svg class="s16 gl-icon gl-vertical-align-middle">')
+        expect(content).to start_with('<span class="gl-mr-2"><svg class="s16 gl-icon gl-vertical-align-middle"')
       end
     end