diff --git a/ee/app/services/ee/projects/destroy_service.rb b/ee/app/services/ee/projects/destroy_service.rb
index fc06e6cda370fe05d4db3ca44cbc7e883e9dfd2f..12f27513bdfb10c4190ac3119122b85b1d1126e5 100644
--- a/ee/app/services/ee/projects/destroy_service.rb
+++ b/ee/app/services/ee/projects/destroy_service.rb
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ def log_geo_event(project)
       end
 
       def log_audit_event(project)
+        audit_scope = project.parent.instance_of?(::Namespaces::UserNamespace) ? project.parent.owner : project.parent
+
         audit_context = {
           name: 'project_destroyed',
           author: current_user,
-          scope: project.parent,
+          scope: audit_scope,
           target: project,
           message: 'Project destroyed',
           target_details: project.full_path,
diff --git a/ee/spec/services/projects/destroy_service_spec.rb b/ee/spec/services/projects/destroy_service_spec.rb
index 56cc91ae5103d486005dc34dabcb1fd2d94d4d53..3825800bc08da7012d05d72623cc12638bcd919b 100644
--- a/ee/spec/services/projects/destroy_service_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/services/projects/destroy_service_spec.rb
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
         let(:attributes) do
           {
             author_id: user.id,
-            entity_id: project.parent.id,
-            entity_type: 'Namespaces::UserNamespace',
+            entity_id: user.id,
+            entity_type: 'User',
             details: {
               remove: 'project',
               author_name: user.name,
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
   context 'system hooks exception' do
     before do
       allow_any_instance_of(SystemHooksService).to receive(:execute_hooks_for).and_raise('something went wrong')
+      stub_licensed_features(extended_audit_events: true)
     end
 
     it 'logs an audit event' do