diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index 075f72021c..f7c81140d1 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 					<?php if ($_['enableAvatars']): ?>
 					<div class="avatardiv<?php if ($_['userAvatarSet']) { print_unescaped(' avatardiv-shown"'); } else { print_unescaped('" style="display: none"'); } ?>>
 						<?php if ($_['userAvatarSet']): ?>
-							<img src="<?php p(link_to('', 'index.php').'/avatar/'.$_['user_uid'].'/32?requesttoken='.$_['requesttoken']); ?>"
+							<img src="<?php p(\OC::$server->getURLGenerator()->linkToRoute('core_avatar_get', ['user' => $_['user_uid'], 'size' => 32]));?>?requesttoken=<?php p(urlencode($_['requesttoken'])); ?>"
 								alt="" />
 						<?php endif; ?>
 					</div>