diff --git a/lib/questionlib.php b/lib/questionlib.php
index d54decc6857..6c30669f430 100644
--- a/lib/questionlib.php
+++ b/lib/questionlib.php
@@ -1914,7 +1914,8 @@ function question_make_default_categories($contexts) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        if ($preferredlevels[$context->contextlevel] > $preferredness && has_capability('moodle/question:use', $context)) {
+        if ($preferredlevels[$context->contextlevel] > $preferredness &&
+                has_any_capability(array('moodle/question:usemine', 'moodle/question:useall'), $context)) {
             $toreturn = $category;
             $preferredness = $preferredlevels[$context->contextlevel];
         }