diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index 81667079b9..88273f8709 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ SocketUser.exists = function(socket, data, callback) {
 
 SocketUser.deleteAccount = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	if (socket.uid) {
-		user.deleteAccount(socket.uid, callback);
+		user.isAdministrator(socket.uid, function(err, isAdmin) {
+			if (err || isAdmin) {
+				return callback(err || new Error('[[error:cant-delete-admin]]'));
+			}
+			user.deleteAccount(socket.uid, callback);
+		});
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index ac4ba1251d..8c34fe6542 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		], callback);
 	};
 
-	User.deleteAccount = function(uid, callback) {
-		user.isAdministrator(uid, function(err, isAdmin) {
-			if (err || isAdmin) {
-				return callback(err || new Error('[[error:cant-ban-other-admins]]'));
-			}
-
-			deleteAccount(uid, callback);
-		});
-	};
-
 	function deletePosts(uid, callback) {
 		deleteSortedSetElements('uid:' + uid + ':posts', posts.purge, callback);
 	}
@@ -53,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		}, {alwaysStartAt: 0}, callback);
 	}
 
-	function deleteAccount(uid, callback) {
+	User.deleteAccount = function(uid, callback) {
 		user.getUserFields(uid, ['username', 'userslug', 'email'], function(err, userData) {
 			if (err)  {
 				return callback(err);
@@ -107,7 +97,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 				], callback);
 			});
 		});
-	}
+	};
 
 	function deleteUserFromFollowers(uid, callback) {
 		db.getSetMembers('followers:' + uid, function(err, uids) {