diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js
index 0eccd3f5ad3..9c762f2640d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ Discourse.TopicList = Discourse.Model.extend({
     params.sort_descending = sortOrder.get('descending');
 
     this.set('loaded', false);
-    finderFor(this.get('filter'), params).then(function (result) {
+    var finder = finderFor(this.get('filter'), params);
+    finder().then(function (result) {
       var newTopics = Discourse.TopicList.topicsFrom(result),
           topics = self.get('topics');