diff --git a/app/models/moderation_report.rb b/app/models/moderation_report.rb
index 119e5fed9..60e4d4f92 100644
--- a/app/models/moderation_report.rb
+++ b/app/models/moderation_report.rb
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ class ModerationReport < ApplicationRecord
     q = search_attributes(params, [:id, :created_at, :updated_at, :reason, :creator, :model, :status], current_user: current_user)
 
     if params[:recipient_id].present?
-      q = q.received_by(User.search(id: params[:recipient_id]))
+      q = q.received_by(User.search({ id: params[:recipient_id] }, current_user))
     elsif params[:recipient_name].present?
-      q = q.received_by(User.search(name_matches: params[:recipient_name]))
+      q = q.received_by(User.search({ name_matches: params[:recipient_name] }, current_user))
     end
 
     q.apply_default_order(params)
diff --git a/test/functional/moderation_reports_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/moderation_reports_controller_test.rb
index cf4cec0a0..670482731 100644
--- a/test/functional/moderation_reports_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/moderation_reports_controller_test.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class ModerationReportsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
   context "The moderation reports controller" do
     setup do
       @user = create(:user, created_at: 2.weeks.ago)
-      @spammer = create(:user, created_at: 2.weeks.ago)
+      @spammer = create(:user, id: 5678, name: "spammer", created_at: 2.weeks.ago)
       @mod = create(:moderator_user, created_at: 2.weeks.ago)
 
       as(@spammer) do
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class ModerationReportsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
 
         should respond_to_search({}).with { [@dmail_report, @forum_report, @comment_report] }
         should respond_to_search(reason_matches: "spam").with { @dmail_report }
+        should respond_to_search(recipient_id: 5678).with { [@dmail_report, @forum_report, @comment_report] }
+        should respond_to_search(recipient_name: "spammer").with { [@dmail_report, @forum_report, @comment_report] }
 
         context "using includes" do
           should respond_to_search(model_id: 1234).with { @comment_report }