diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/DashboardsCollection.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/DashboardsCollection.java
index 8989cd70fb..0a78d96988 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/DashboardsCollection.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/DashboardsCollection.java
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ public class DashboardsCollection
     DashboardInfo info = newDashboardInfo(refName, path);
     info.project = project;
     info.definingProject = definingProject.getName();
-    String query = config.getString("dashboard", null, "title");
-    info.title = replace(project, query == null ? info.path : query);
+    String title = config.getString("dashboard", null, "title");
+    info.title = replace(project, title == null ? info.path : title);
     info.description = replace(project, config.getString("dashboard", null, "description"));
     info.foreach = config.getString("dashboard", null, "foreach");