diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 8008260f6b..8ed6d04417 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ sub href(%) {
 	);
 	my %mapping = @mapping;
 
+	$params{'project'} = $project unless exists $params{'project'};
+
 	if ($params{-replay}) {
 		while (my ($name, $symbol) = each %mapping) {
 			if (!exists $params{$name}) {
@@ -620,8 +622,6 @@ sub href(%) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	$params{'project'} = $project unless exists $params{'project'};
-
 	my ($use_pathinfo) = gitweb_check_feature('pathinfo');
 	if ($use_pathinfo) {
 		# use PATH_INFO for project name