diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/usergroup/UserGroupService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/usergroup/UserGroupService.java
index 3c42572ce..547b15997 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/usergroup/UserGroupService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/usergroup/UserGroupService.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class UserGroupService extends ModeledDirectoryObjectService<ModeledUserG
 
         // Return whether user has explicit user group creation permission
         SystemPermissionSet permissionSet = user.getUser().getEffectivePermissions().getSystemPermissions();
-        return permissionSet.hasPermission(SystemPermission.Type.CREATE_USER);
+        return permissionSet.hasPermission(SystemPermission.Type.CREATE_USER_GROUP);
 
     }