diff --git a/app/models/issue_relation.rb b/app/models/issue_relation.rb
index d359b1ddf..854e4255b 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_relation.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_relation.rb
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ class IssueRelation < ActiveRecord::Base
       errors.add :issue_to_id, :not_same_project unless issue_from.project_id == issue_to.project_id || Setting.cross_project_issue_relations?
       #detect circular dependencies depending wether the relation should be reversed
       if TYPES.has_key?(relation_type) && TYPES[relation_type][:reverse]
-        errors.add_to_base :circular_dependency if issue_from.all_dependent_issues.include? issue_to
+        errors.add :base, :circular_dependency if issue_from.all_dependent_issues.include? issue_to
       else
-        errors.add_to_base :circular_dependency if issue_to.all_dependent_issues.include? issue_from
+        errors.add :base, :circular_dependency if issue_to.all_dependent_issues.include? issue_from
       end
-      errors.add_to_base :cant_link_an_issue_with_a_descendant if issue_from.is_descendant_of?(issue_to) || issue_from.is_ancestor_of?(issue_to)
+      errors.add :base, :cant_link_an_issue_with_a_descendant if issue_from.is_descendant_of?(issue_to) || issue_from.is_ancestor_of?(issue_to)
     end
   end