diff --git a/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Users.coffee b/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Users.coffee
index 891c4fbf9e66..059635c68332 100644
--- a/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Users.coffee
+++ b/packages/rocketchat-lib/server/models/Users.coffee
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RocketChat.models.Users = new class extends RocketChat.models._Base
 
 	findOneByEmailAddress: (emailAddress, options) ->
 		query =
-			'email.address': emailAddress
+			'emails.address': emailAddress
 
 		return @findOne query, options