diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/category-chooser.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/category-chooser.js.es6
index 47a319e066a..21d0e3f7991 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/category-chooser.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/category-chooser.js.es6
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ export default ComboBoxComponent.extend({
   noneRowComponent: "none-category-row",
   allowSubCategories: true,
 
+  init() {
+    this._super();
+
+    this.get("rowComponentOptions").setProperties({
+      allowUncategorized: this.get("allowUncategorized"),
+    });
+  },
+
   filterComputedContent(computedContent, computedValue, filter) {
     if (isEmpty(filter)) { return computedContent; }