diff --git a/app/controllers/users/is_pinned_projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users/is_pinned_projects_controller.rb
index 1ddadd277..ff45120fb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users/is_pinned_projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users/is_pinned_projects_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 class Users::IsPinnedProjectsController < Users::BaseController 
   before_action :private_user_resources!, only: [:pin]
-  def index 
-    @is_pinned_projects = observed_user.pinned_projects.order(position: :desc, created_at: :asc).includes(project: [:project_category, :project_language, :repository]).order(position: :desc)
+  def index
+    @is_pinned_projects = observed_user.pinned_projects.left_joins(:project)
+                                       .where("projects.is_public = TRUE")
+                                       .order(position: :desc, created_at: :asc)
+                                       .includes(project: [:project_category, :project_language, :repository]).order(position: :desc)
     @is_pinned_projects = kaminari_paginate(@is_pinned_projects)
   end