diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_metadata_issuable_assignee.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_metadata_issuable_assignee.html.haml
index 5336159e7621676fcd682971567fad3a5bec2f6d..60dc893d9f9b96e3966f0fef069927014bcd8172 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_metadata_issuable_assignee.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_metadata_issuable_assignee.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= form.label :assignee_id, "Assignee", class: "col-form-label #{has_due_date ? "col-lg-4" : "col-sm-2"}"
+= form.label :assignee_id, "Assignee", class: "col-form-label #{has_due_date ? "col-md-2 col-lg-4" : "col-sm-2"}"
 .col-sm-10{ class: ("col-md-8" if has_due_date) }
   .issuable-form-select-holder.selectbox
     - issuable.assignees.each do |assignee|
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/64331-Assignee-field-in-a-new-issue-has-an-incorrect-line-wrap.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/64331-Assignee-field-in-a-new-issue-has-an-incorrect-line-wrap.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7d67b94869d00a60d2f42d5118e7de8259af9872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/64331-Assignee-field-in-a-new-issue-has-an-incorrect-line-wrap.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fixed incorrect line wrap for assignee label in issues
+merge_request: 30523
+author: Marc Schwede
+type: fixed