diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index af4708fb7ef..32785d48000 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -675,8 +675,9 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     def user_params
-      params.permit(:name, :email, :password, :username, :active)
-            .merge(ip_address: request.remote_ip, registration_ip_address: request.remote_ip,
+      params.permit(:name, :email, :password, :username, :active, :staged)
+            .merge(ip_address: request.remote_ip,
+                   registration_ip_address: request.remote_ip,
                    locale: user_locale)
     end