diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee
index 202e1beed5..4291cda6b7 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserGetter.coffee
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = UserGetter =
 
 			getUserAffiliations userId, (error, affiliationsData) ->
 				return callback error if error?
-				callback null, decorateFullEmails(user.email, user.emails, affiliationsData)
+				callback null, decorateFullEmails(user.email, user.emails or [], affiliationsData)
 
 	getUserByMainEmail: (email, projection, callback = (error, user) ->) ->
 		email = email.trim()
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserGetterTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserGetterTests.coffee
index c00dc0053a..7d4641c404 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserGetterTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserGetterTests.coffee
@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ describe "UserGetter", ->
 				]
 				done()
 
+		it "should get user when it has no emails field", (done)->
+			@fakeUser =
+				_id: '12390i'
+				email: 'email2@foo.bar'
+			@UserGetter.getUser = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @fakeUser)
+			projection = email: 1, emails: 1
+			@UserGetter.getUserFullEmails @fakeUser._id, (error, fullEmails) =>
+				@UserGetter.getUser.called.should.equal true
+				@UserGetter.getUser.calledWith(@fakeUser._id, projection).should.equal true
+				assert.deepEqual fullEmails, []
+				done()
+
 	describe "getUserbyMainEmail", ->
 		it "query user by main email", (done)->
 			email = 'hello@world.com'