diff --git a/user/filters/lib.php b/user/filters/lib.php
index 342199ea0a2..c26dc328af7 100644
--- a/user/filters/lib.php
+++ b/user/filters/lib.php
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ class user_filtering {
         }
 
         if (empty($fieldnames)) {
-            $fieldnames = array('realname' => 0, 'lastname' => 1, 'firstname' => 1, 'email' => 1, 'city' => 1, 'country' => 1,
+            $fieldnames = array('realname' => 0, 'lastname' => 1, 'firstname' => 1, 'username' => 1, 'email' => 1, 'city' => 1, 'country' => 1,
                                 'confirmed' => 1, 'suspended' => 1, 'profile' => 1, 'courserole' => 1, 'systemrole' => 1,
                                 'cohort' => 1, 'firstaccess' => 1, 'lastaccess' => 1, 'neveraccessed' => 1, 'timemodified' => 1,
-                                'nevermodified' => 1, 'username' => 1, 'auth' => 1, 'mnethostid' => 1);
+                                'nevermodified' => 1, 'auth' => 1, 'mnethostid' => 1);
         }
 
         $this->_fields  = array();