diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1893d5626df00acec80232821a93e8d17198abe4..c35175b4bbce838ddd7f89270dfc19030de51914 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ entry.
 - Fix applying GitHub-imported labels when importing job is interrupted
 - Allow to search for user by secondary email address in the admin interface(/admin/users) !7115 (YarNayar)
 - Updated commit SHA styling on the branches page.
+- Fix "Without projects" filter. !6611 (Ben Bodenmiller)
 - Fix 404 when visit /projects page
 
 ## 8.13.5 (2016-11-08)
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 3813df6684ea7955ac0cebc06cebb91b3d0c78f1..5a2b232c4ed3da1ae0bcc462cc688decfcf4dc08 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :external, -> { where(external: true) }
   scope :active, -> { with_state(:active) }
   scope :not_in_project, ->(project) { project.users.present? ? where("id not in (:ids)", ids: project.users.map(&:id) ) : all }
-  scope :without_projects, -> { where('id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT(user_id) FROM members)') }
+  scope :without_projects, -> { where('id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT(user_id) FROM members WHERE user_id IS NOT NULL AND requested_at IS NULL)') }
   scope :todo_authors, ->(user_id, state) { where(id: Todo.where(user_id: user_id, state: state).select(:author_id)) }
 
   def self.with_two_factor
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 54b23b0200367fe48dfc250c5299153e766fb502..3159243553b22357f3a8bae614f844d6ab5f577d 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -490,6 +490,28 @@ describe User, models: true do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '.without_projects' do
+    let!(:project) { create(:empty_project, :public) }
+    let!(:user) { create(:user) }
+    let!(:user_without_project) { create(:user) }
+    let!(:user_without_project2) { create(:user) }
+
+    before do
+      # add user to project
+      project.team << [user, :master]
+
+      # create invite to projet
+      create(:project_member, :developer, project: project, invite_token: '1234', invite_email: 'inviteduser1@example.com')
+
+      # create request to join project
+      project.request_access(user_without_project2)
+    end
+
+    it { expect(User.without_projects).not_to include user }
+    it { expect(User.without_projects).to include user_without_project }
+    it { expect(User.without_projects).to include user_without_project2 }
+  end
+
   describe '.not_in_project' do
     before do
       User.delete_all