diff --git a/app/models/post_flag.rb b/app/models/post_flag.rb
index 5a819d438..ede7c0a30 100644
--- a/app/models/post_flag.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_flag.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class PostFlag < ActiveRecord::Base
         q = q.where("creator_id = ?", params[:creator_id].to_i)
       end
 
-      if params[:creator_name].present? && CurrentUser.is_moderator?
+      if params[:creator_name].present? && (CurrentUser.is_moderator? || params[:creator_name].mb_chars.downcase.strip.tr(" ", "_") == CurrentUser.user.name.downcase)
         q = q.where("creator_id = (select _.id from users _ where lower(_.name) = ?)", params[:creator_name].mb_chars.downcase.strip.tr(" ", "_"))
       end