diff --git a/core/src/components/UnifiedSearch/SearchableList.vue b/core/src/components/UnifiedSearch/SearchableList.vue
index 33f45d062661f..04da2619b5208 100644
--- a/core/src/components/UnifiedSearch/SearchableList.vue
+++ b/core/src/components/UnifiedSearch/SearchableList.vue
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
 						:wide="true"
 						@click="itemSelected(element)">
 						<template #icon>
-							<NcAvatar :user="element.user" :show-user-status="false" :hide-favorite="false" />
+							<NcAvatar v-if="element.isUser" :user="element.user" :show-user-status="false" />
+							<NcAvatar v-else
+								:is-no-user="true"
+								:display-name="element.displayName"
+								:show-user-status="false" />
 						</template>
 						{{ element.displayName }}
 					</NcButton>
diff --git a/core/src/views/UnifiedSearchModal.vue b/core/src/views/UnifiedSearchModal.vue
index c76f3e6f9829b..a8f0851a3bb56 100644
--- a/core/src/views/UnifiedSearchModal.vue
+++ b/core/src/views/UnifiedSearchModal.vue
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ export default {
 					subname: contact.emailAddresses[0] ? contact.emailAddresses[0] : '',
 					icon: '',
 					user: contact.id,
+					isUser: contact.isUser,
 				}
 			})
 		},