diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.hbs
index 5bd61338581..cd6eb59e457 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.hbs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
           </div>
         {{else}}
           <div class="controls">
-            {{d-button action="checkEmail" actionParam=this title="admin.users.check_email.title" icon="envelope-o" label="admin.users.check_email.text"}}
+            {{d-button action="checkEmail" actionParam=model title="admin.users.check_email.title" icon="envelope-o" label="admin.users.check_email.text"}}
           </div>
         {{/if}}
       </div>