diff --git a/src/userregistration.cpp b/src/userregistration.cpp
index 0254df900fa1fdbdc6abe1128e3959461d41a7de..92e527c71fe31dcdb400a846c1ae2df103d1bb92 100644
--- a/src/userregistration.cpp
+++ b/src/userregistration.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bool UserRegistration::unregisterUser(const std::string &barejid) {
 
 	Swift::Presence::ref response;
 
-	User *user = m_userManager->getUserByJID(barejid);
+	User *user = m_userManager->getUser(barejid);
 
 	// roster contains already escaped jids
 	std::list <std::string> roster;