diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/users/Update.java b/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/users/Update.java
index cc4b675fc..d9d1df81d 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/users/Update.java
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/basic/crud/users/Update.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class Update extends AuthenticatingHttpServlet {
                     context.getUserDirectory();
 
             // Get user data, setting password if given
-            User user = new DummyUser();
+            User user = directory.get(username);
             user.setUsername(username);
             if (password != null)
                 user.setPassword(password);