diff --git a/erpnext/public/js/projects/timer.js b/erpnext/public/js/projects/timer.js
index 8370cc6ffff..3000320644e 100644
--- a/erpnext/public/js/projects/timer.js
+++ b/erpnext/public/js/projects/timer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ erpnext.timesheet.timer = function (frm, row, timestamp = 0) {
 			{ fieldtype: "HTML", fieldname: "timer_html" },
 		],
 	});
-
 	if (row) {
 		dialog.set_values({
 			activity_type: row.activity_type,
@@ -26,6 +25,10 @@ erpnext.timesheet.timer = function (frm, row, timestamp = 0) {
 			task: row.task,
 			expected_hours: row.expected_hours,
 		});
+	} else {
+		dialog.set_values({
+			project: frm.doc.parent_project,
+		});
 	}
 	dialog.get_field("timer_html").$wrapper.append(get_timer_html());
 	function get_timer_html() {