diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionPathValidateController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionPathValidateController.php
index 04406f3d94..0de54834db 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionPathValidateController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionPathValidateController.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ final class DiffusionPathValidateController extends DiffusionController {
       ));
 
     $browse_query = DiffusionBrowseQuery::newFromDiffusionRequest($drequest);
-    $browse_query->setUser($request->getUser());
+    $browse_query->setViewer($request->getUser());
     $browse_query->needValidityOnly(true);
     $valid = $browse_query->loadPaths();
 
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryController.php
index 31ced045c0..10034086d5 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryController.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ final class DiffusionRepositoryController extends DiffusionController {
     $history = $history_query->loadHistory();
 
     $browse_query = DiffusionBrowseQuery::newFromDiffusionRequest($drequest);
-    $browse_query->setUser($this->getRequest()->getUser());
+    $browse_query->setViewer($this->getRequest()->getUser());
     $browse_results = $browse_query->loadPaths();
 
     $phids = array();