diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py b/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/admin/repos.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from rhodecode.model.meta import Session
 from rhodecode.model.db import User, Repository, UserFollowing, RepoGroup,\
     RhodeCodeSetting, RepositoryField
 from rhodecode.model.forms import RepoForm, RepoFieldForm, RepoPermsForm
-from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel, RepoGroupList
+from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel, RepoGroupList, RepoList
 from rhodecode.model.repo import RepoModel
 from rhodecode.lib.compat import json
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import func
@@ -123,10 +123,12 @@ class ReposController(BaseRepoController
 
         defaults = RepoModel()._get_defaults(repo_name)
 
+        _repos = Repository.query().order_by(Repository.repo_name).all()
+        read_access_repos = RepoList(_repos)
         c.repos_list = [('', _('--REMOVE FORK--'))]
-        c.repos_list += [(x.repo_id, x.repo_name) for x in
-                    Repository.query().order_by(Repository.repo_name).all()
-                    if x.repo_id != c.repo_info.repo_id]
+        c.repos_list += [(x.repo_id, x.repo_name)
+                         for x in read_access_repos
+                         if x.repo_id != c.repo_info.repo_id]
 
         defaults['id_fork_of'] = db_repo.fork.repo_id if db_repo.fork else ''
         return defaults
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/scm.py b/rhodecode/model/scm.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/scm.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/scm.py
@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ class _PermCheckIterator(object):
             yield db_obj
 
 
+class RepoList(_PermCheckIterator):
+
+    def __init__(self, db_repo_list, perm_set=None):
+        if not perm_set:
+            perm_set = ['repository.read', 'repository.write', 'repository.admin']
+
+        super(RepoList, self).__init__(obj_list=db_repo_list,
+                    obj_attr='repo_name', perm_set=perm_set,
+                    perm_checker=HasRepoPermissionAny)
+
+
 class RepoGroupList(_PermCheckIterator):
 
     def __init__(self, db_repo_group_list, perm_set=None):