diff --git a/routers/api/v1/org/team.go b/routers/api/v1/org/team.go
index f8c37303d6..db37bac57e 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/org/team.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/org/team.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func EditTeam(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 
 	if form.CanCreateOrgRepo != nil {
-		team.CanCreateOrgRepo = *form.CanCreateOrgRepo
+		team.CanCreateOrgRepo = team.IsOwnerTeam() || *form.CanCreateOrgRepo
 	}
 
 	if len(form.Name) > 0 {
diff --git a/routers/web/org/teams.go b/routers/web/org/teams.go
index 284fb096f3..9ee66a1a3e 100644
--- a/routers/web/org/teams.go
+++ b/routers/web/org/teams.go
@@ -416,7 +416,11 @@ func EditTeamPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 			isIncludeAllChanged = true
 			t.IncludesAllRepositories = includesAllRepositories
 		}
+		t.CanCreateOrgRepo = form.CanCreateOrgRepo
+	} else {
+		t.CanCreateOrgRepo = true
 	}
+
 	t.Description = form.Description
 	if t.AccessMode < perm.AccessModeAdmin {
 		units := make([]organization.TeamUnit, 0, len(unitPerms))
@@ -433,7 +437,6 @@ func EditTeamPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	t.CanCreateOrgRepo = form.CanCreateOrgRepo
 
 	if ctx.HasError() {
 		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplTeamNew)