diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index f83c2edd17d..a7f8af26548 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   scope :blocked, -> { where(blocked: true) } # no index
   scope :banned, -> { where('banned_till IS NOT NULL AND banned_till > ?', Time.zone.now) } # no index
+  scope :not_banned, -> { where('banned_till IS NULL') }
 
   module NewTopicDuration
     ALWAYS = -1
diff --git a/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb b/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb
index b574ba4ec9d..cf3c6e3e4db 100644
--- a/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb
+++ b/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class AdminUserIndexQuery
       when 'moderators' then @query.where('moderator = ?', true)
       when 'blocked' then @query.blocked
       when 'banned' then @query.banned
-      when 'pending' then @query.where('approved = false')
+      when 'pending' then @query.not_banned.where('approved = false')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb b/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb
index 5f85c97b0a2..689de3cc1b0 100644
--- a/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ describe AdminUserIndexQuery do
       expect(query.find_users.count).to eq(1)
     end
 
+    context 'and a banned pending user' do
+      let!(:banned_user) { Fabricate(:user, approved: false, banned_at: 1.hour.ago, banned_till: 20.years.from_now) }
+      it "doesn't return the banned user" do
+        query = ::AdminUserIndexQuery.new({ query: 'pending' })
+        expect(query.find_users.count).to eq(1)
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   describe "with an admin user" do