diff --git a/routers/web/repo/issue.go b/routers/web/repo/issue.go
index 9a1a1f814a93..190f543685f7 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/issue.go
@@ -877,9 +877,17 @@ func setTemplateIfExists(ctx *context.Context, ctxDataKey string, possibleFiles
 
 // NewIssue render creating issue page
 func NewIssue(ctx *context.Context) {
+	issueConfig, _ := issue_service.GetTemplateConfigFromDefaultBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	hasTemplates := issue_service.HasTemplatesOrContactLinks(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	if !issueConfig.BlankIssuesEnabled && hasTemplates {
+		// The "issues/new" and "issues/new/choose" share the same query parameters "project" and "milestone", if blank issues are disabled, just redirect to the "issues/choose" page with these parameters.
+		ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/issues/new/choose?%s", ctx.Repo.Repository.Link(), ctx.Req.URL.RawQuery), http.StatusSeeOther)
+		return
+	}
+
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.issues.new")
 	ctx.Data["PageIsIssueList"] = true
-	ctx.Data["NewIssueChooseTemplate"] = issue_service.HasTemplatesOrContactLinks(ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.GitRepo)
+	ctx.Data["NewIssueChooseTemplate"] = hasTemplates
 	ctx.Data["PullRequestWorkInProgressPrefixes"] = setting.Repository.PullRequest.WorkInProgressPrefixes
 	title := ctx.FormString("title")
 	ctx.Data["TitleQuery"] = title