diff --git a/app/views/issues/new.html.erb b/app/views/issues/new.html.erb
index e7a6bcaca..7ff994de5 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/new.html.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <% if @issue.safe_attribute? 'watcher_user_ids' -%>
       <p id="watchers_form"><label><%= l(:label_issue_watchers) %></label>
       <% @issue.project.users.sort.each do |user| -%>
-        <label class="floating"><%= check_box_tag 'issue[watcher_user_ids][]', user.id, @issue.watched_by?(user) %> <%=h user %></label>
+        <label class="floating"><%= check_box_tag 'issue[watcher_user_ids][]', user.id, @issue.watched_by?(user), :id => nil %> <%=h user %></label>
       <% end -%>
       </p>
     <% end %>