diff --git a/app/logical/user_deletion.rb b/app/logical/user_deletion.rb
index c3fc061ce..e9da5e499 100644
--- a/app/logical/user_deletion.rb
+++ b/app/logical/user_deletion.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class UserDeletion
 
   def self.remove_favorites_for(user_name, user_id)
     user = User.find(user_id)
-    Post.tag_match("fav:#{user_name}").find_each do |post|
+    Post.tag_match("fav:#{user.name}").find_each do |post|
       Favorite.remove(post, user)
     end
   end