diff --git a/administrator/components/com_users/tmpl/user/edit.php b/administrator/components/com_users/tmpl/user/edit.php
index 159a2493da36e..1c64eaf030c94 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_users/tmpl/user/edit.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_users/tmpl/user/edit.php
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@
 	<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('uitab.endTabSet'); ?>
 
 	<input type="hidden" name="task" value="">
-	<input type="hidden" name="return" value="<?php echo $input->getCmd('return'); ?>">
+	<input type="hidden" name="return" value="<?php echo $input->getBase64('return'); ?>">
 	<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('form.token'); ?>
 </form>