diff --git a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
index 4e7337eaf0d..cddfb3931d6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
     if topics_filter == :latest
       result.topic_list = TopicQuery.new(current_user, topic_options).list_latest
     elsif topics_filter == :top
-      result.topic_list = TopicQuery.new(nil, topic_options).list_top_for(SiteSetting.top_page_default_timeframe.to_sym)
+      result.topic_list = TopicQuery.new(current_user, topic_options).list_top_for(
+        SiteSetting.top_page_default_timeframe.to_sym
+      )
     end
 
     render_serialized(result, CategoryAndTopicListsSerializer, root: false)
diff --git a/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb
index 2067279cf13..b9e09cf3bf3 100644
--- a/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/categories_controller_spec.rb
@@ -633,5 +633,23 @@ describe CategoriesController do
       get "/categories_and_latest.json"
       expect(response.parsed_body["category_list"]["categories"].map { |x| x['id'] }).not_to include(uncategorized.id)
     end
+
+    describe 'Showing top topics from private categories' do
+      it 'returns the top topic from the private category when the user is a member' do
+        restricted_group = Fabricate(:group)
+        private_cat = Fabricate(:private_category, group: restricted_group)
+        private_topic = Fabricate(:topic, category: private_cat, like_count: 1000, posts_count: 100)
+        TopTopic.refresh!
+        restricted_group.add(user)
+        sign_in(user)
+
+        get "/categories_and_top.json"
+        parsed_topic = response.parsed_body.dig('topic_list', 'topics').detect do |t|
+          t.dig('id') == private_topic.id
+        end
+
+        expect(parsed_topic).to be_present
+      end
+    end
   end
 end