diff --git a/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
index 7e9a29ee..2f4996a9 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 <p><%= f.text_field :subject, :size => 80, :required => true %></p>
                                      
-<% unless (@issue.new_record? && @issue.parent_issue_id.nil?) || !User.current.allowed_to?(:manage_subtasks, @project) %>
-<p><%= f.text_field :parent_issue_id, :size => 10 %></p>
+<% if User.current.allowed_to?(:manage_subtasks, @project) %>
+<p id="parent_issue"><%= f.text_field :parent_issue_id, :size => 10 %></p>
 <div id="parent_issue_candidates" class="autocomplete"></div>
 <%= javascript_tag "observeParentIssueField('#{auto_complete_issues_path(:id => @issue, :project_id => @project) }')" %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/issues/new.rhtml b/app/views/issues/new.rhtml
index 310085d7..13992382 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/new.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/new.rhtml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h2><%=l(:label_issue_new)%></h2>
 
 <% labelled_tabular_form_for :issue, @issue, :url => {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'create', :project_id => @project},
-                             :html => {:multipart => true, :id => 'issue-form'} do |f| %>
+                             :html => {:multipart => true, :id => 'issue-form', :class => 'tabular new-issue-form'} do |f| %>
     <%= error_messages_for 'issue' %>
     <div class="box">
     <%= render :partial => 'issues/form', :locals => {:f => f} %>