diff --git a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
index ae0f32379c6..4cdd4d2b6e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require_dependency 'search'
 class SearchController < ApplicationController
 
   def query
-    search_result = Search.query(params[:term], params[:type_filter], SiteSetting.min_search_term_length)
+    search_result = Search.query(params[:term], current_user, params[:type_filter], SiteSetting.min_search_term_length)
     render_json_dump(search_result.as_json)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/search_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/search_controller_spec.rb
index 8717590eeea..89df481e086 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/search_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/search_controller_spec.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe SearchController do
 
   it 'performs the query' do
-    Search.expects(:query).with('test', nil, 3)
+    Search.expects(:query).with('test', nil, nil, 3)
     xhr :get, :query, term: 'test'
   end
 
   it 'performs the query with a filter' do
-    Search.expects(:query).with('test', 'topic', 3)
+    Search.expects(:query).with('test', nil, 'topic', 3)
     xhr :get, :query, term: 'test', type_filter: 'topic'
   end