diff --git a/services/context/repo.go b/services/context/repo.go
index 9cdef69a15..88a0d7d61b 100644
--- a/services/context/repo.go
+++ b/services/context/repo.go
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ func repoAssignmentPrepareTemplateData(ctx *Context, data *repoAssignmentPrepare
 	})
 	ctx.Data["NumLicensePackages"] = numLicensePackages
 	ctx.Data["EnableLicenses"] = numLicensePackages > 0
+	ctx.Data["IsRepoAdmin"] = ctx.Repo.Permission.IsAdmin()
 
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = repo.Owner.Name + "/" + repo.Name
 	ctx.Data["PageTitleCommon"] = repo.Name + " - " + setting.AppName
diff --git a/templates/repo/header.tmpl b/templates/repo/header.tmpl
index cb7d95abce..7a58c53a90 100644
--- a/templates/repo/header.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/header.tmpl
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 						</a>
 					{{end}}
 
-					{{if or .EnableLicenses (.Permission.IsAdmin)}}
+					{{if or .EnableLicenses .IsRepoAdmin}}
 						<a href="{{.RepoLink}}/licenses" class="{{if .IsLicensesPage}}active {{end}}item">
 							{{svg "octicon-key"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.licenses"}}
 							{{if .NumLicensePackages}}