diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 08141a25c..344fe1c96 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -588,9 +588,9 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       esc, all, page, title = $1, $2, $3, $5
       if esc.nil?
         if page =~ /^([^\:]+)\:(.*)$/
-          link_project = Project.find_by_identifier($1) || Project.find_by_name($1)
-          page = $2
-          title ||= $1 if page.blank?
+          identifier, page = $1, $2
+          link_project = Project.find_by_identifier(identifier) || Project.find_by_name(identifier)
+          title ||= identifier if page.blank?
         end
 
         if link_project && link_project.wiki