diff --git a/lib/private/api.php b/lib/private/api.php
index 66b763fdc3e..6983090eaa5 100644
--- a/lib/private/api.php
+++ b/lib/private/api.php
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class OC_API {
 				// initialize the user's filesystem
 				\OC_Util::setUpFS(\OC_User::getUser());
 
-				return $authUser;
+				return \OC_User::getUser();
 			}
 		}