diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
index bd327ffe44..07a1514dd1 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ class UsersController extends AUserData {
 		} else {
 			// Check if admin / subadmin
 			$subAdminManager = $this->groupManager->getSubAdmin();
-			if ($subAdminManager->isUserAccessible($currentLoggedInUser, $targetUser)
-			|| $this->groupManager->isAdmin($currentLoggedInUser->getUID())) {
+			if ($this->groupManager->isAdmin($currentLoggedInUser->getUID())
+			|| $subAdminManager->isUserAccessible($currentLoggedInUser, $targetUser)) {
 				// They have permissions over the user
 				$permittedFields[] = 'display';
 				$permittedFields[] = AccountManager::PROPERTY_DISPLAYNAME;
diff --git a/lib/private/SubAdmin.php b/lib/private/SubAdmin.php
index d292e998ab..9a758ac442 100644
--- a/lib/private/SubAdmin.php
+++ b/lib/private/SubAdmin.php
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ class SubAdmin extends PublicEmitter implements ISubAdmin {
 		if ($this->groupManager->isAdmin($user->getUID())) {
 			return false;
 		}
+
 		$accessibleGroups = $this->getSubAdminsGroups($subadmin);
 		foreach ($accessibleGroups as $accessibleGroup) {
 			if ($accessibleGroup->inGroup($user)) {