diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/full-page-search.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/full-page-search.js.es6
index ef661f19289..e4c86c0dcb4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/full-page-search.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/full-page-search.js.es6
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ export default Ember.Controller.extend({
     return this.currentUser && this.currentUser.staff && hasResults;
   },
 
-  @computed('expanded')
-  canCreateTopic(expanded) {
-    return this.currentUser && !this.site.mobileView && !expanded;
+  @computed('expanded', 'model.grouped_search_result.can_create_topic')
+  canCreateTopic(expanded, userCanCreateTopic) {
+    return this.currentUser && userCanCreateTopic && !this.site.mobileView && !expanded;
   },
 
   @computed('expanded')
diff --git a/app/serializers/grouped_search_result_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/grouped_search_result_serializer.rb
index 2ce8d6143f9..b9dcb5b62ce 100644
--- a/app/serializers/grouped_search_result_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/grouped_search_result_serializer.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class GroupedSearchResultSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   has_many :users, serializer: SearchResultUserSerializer
   has_many :categories, serializer: BasicCategorySerializer
   has_many :tags, serializer: TagSerializer
-  attributes :more_posts, :more_users, :more_categories, :term, :search_log_id, :more_full_page_results
+  attributes :more_posts, :more_users, :more_categories, :term, :search_log_id, :more_full_page_results, :can_create_topic
 
   def search_log_id
     object.search_log_id
@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ class GroupedSearchResultSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     SiteSetting.tagging_enabled
   end
 
+  def can_create_topic
+    scope.can_create?(Topic)
+  end
+
 end