diff --git a/user/tabs.php b/user/tabs.php
index b2c531bee83..3bce70ab0fb 100644
--- a/user/tabs.php
+++ b/user/tabs.php
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
 
     /// this needs permission checkings
 
+    $usercontext = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_USER, $user->id);
     if (!empty($showroles) && has_capability('moodle/role:assign',$usercontext)) { // this variable controls whether this roles is showed, or not, so only user/view page should set this flag
-        $usercontext = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_USER, $user->id);
         $toprow[] = new tabobject('roles', $CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/roles/assign.php?contextid='.$usercontext->id.'&userid='.$user->id.'&courseid='.$course->id
                               ,get_string('roles'));