diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 48a935558..980bd56f0 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ class Issue < ApplicationRecord
 
   def add_auto_watcher
     if author&.active? &&
-        author&.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, project) &&
+        author.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, project) &&
         author.pref.auto_watch_on?('issue_created') &&
         self.watcher_user_ids.exclude?(author.id)
       self.set_watcher(author, true)
diff --git a/app/models/journal.rb b/app/models/journal.rb
index 24c54544b..446eac7a6 100644
--- a/app/models/journal.rb
+++ b/app/models/journal.rb
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class Journal < ApplicationRecord
 
   def add_watcher
     if user&.active? &&
-        user&.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, project) &&
+        user.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, project) &&
         user.pref.auto_watch_on?('issue_contributed_to') &&
         !Watcher.any_watched?(Array.wrap(journalized), user)
       journalized.set_watcher(user, true)