diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index ccb21a8b204b31d9a3f51c8530193fcc8ad0ea93..443ad56521965b891d072a066f39688b313fe245 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def can_create_project?
-    projects_limit > owned_projects.count
+    projects_limit_left > 0
   end
 
   def can_create_group?