diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/MucOptions.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/MucOptions.java
index 25610d68fc8e987bc87dfdb731aa4dbafa8f182e..1c87a646e8a39fd9ff8460e119e319e7b87977d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/MucOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/MucOptions.java
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public class MucOptions {
         }
         synchronized (users) {
             for (User user : users) {
-                if (jid.equals(user.realJid)) {
+                if (jid.asBareJid().equals(user.realJid)) {
                     return user;
                 }
             }