diff --git a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
index 3a5c50838..e62e17776 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
   def update
     @tag = Tag.find(params[:id])
     check_privilege(@tag)
-    @tag.update_attributes(params[:tag])
+    @tag.update_attributes(params[:tag], :as => CurrentUser.role)
     @tag.update_category_cache_for_all
     respond_with(@tag)
   end