diff --git a/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.js b/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.js
index 1217790113..60373972b9 100644
--- a/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.js
+++ b/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.js
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ $.extend(cur_frm.cscript, {
 					project: doc.project
 					},
 			callback: function(r) {
-				$.each(["description", "stock_uom", "bom_no"], function(i, field) {
+				$.each(["description", "stock_uom", "project", "bom_no"], function(i, field) {
 					cur_frm.set_value(field, r.message[field]);
 				});
 
diff --git a/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.py b/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.py
index 2d9a06711a..b9b10c159a 100644
--- a/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.py
+++ b/erpnext/manufacturing/doctype/production_order/production_order.py
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ def get_item_details(item, project = None):
 			frappe.throw(_("Default BOM for {0} not found for Project {1}").format(item, project))
 		frappe.throw(_("Default BOM for {0} not found").format(item))
 
+	res['project'] = frappe.db.get_value('BOM', res['bom_no'], 'project')
 	res.update(check_if_scrap_warehouse_mandatory(res["bom_no"]))
 
 	return res