diff --git a/src/middleware/user.js b/src/middleware/user.js
index 32f0cc6955..061b791feb 100644
--- a/src/middleware/user.js
+++ b/src/middleware/user.js
@@ -194,9 +194,8 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 		if (!userslug) {
 			return next();
 		}
-		const path = req.path.replace(/^\/api/, '')
-			.replace('uid', 'user')
-			.replace(uid, () => userslug);
+		const path = req.url.replace(/^\/api/, '')
+			.replace(`/uid/${uid}`, () => `/user/${userslug}`);
 		controllers.helpers.redirect(res, path);
 	});
 
diff --git a/test/controllers.js b/test/controllers.js
index 2c3bc80f43..02157321ff 100644
--- a/test/controllers.js
+++ b/test/controllers.js
@@ -1050,6 +1050,16 @@ describe('Controllers', () => {
 			});
 		});
 
+		it('should redirect to userslug and keep query params', (done) => {
+			request(`${nconf.get('url')}/api/uid/${fooUid}/topics?foo=bar`, { json: true }, (err, res, body) => {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
+				assert.equal(res.headers['x-redirect'], '/user/foo/topics?foo=bar');
+				assert.equal(body, '/user/foo/topics?foo=bar');
+				done();
+			});
+		});
+
 		it('should 404 if user does not exist', (done) => {
 			request(`${nconf.get('url')}/api/uid/123123`, { json: true }, (err, res) => {
 				assert.ifError(err);