diff --git a/public/js/index.js b/public/js/index.js
index a3e9e99e7a..fa1184ed5b 100644
--- a/public/js/index.js
+++ b/public/js/index.js
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ function initDashboardSearch() {
             repos: [],
             searchQuery: '',
             suburl: document.querySelector('meta[name=_suburl]').content,
-            uid: document.querySelector('meta[name=_uid]').content
+            uid: document.querySelector('meta[name=_context_uid]').content
         },
 
         mounted: function() {
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
index 2c01352fcf..c299b969bc 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/repo.go
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ func Search(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		Keyword:  strings.Trim(ctx.Query("q"), " "),
 		OwnerID:  ctx.QueryInt64("uid"),
 		PageSize: convert.ToCorrectPageSize(ctx.QueryInt("limit")),
-		Searcher: ctx.User,
+	}
+	if ctx.User.ID == opts.OwnerID {
+		opts.Searcher = ctx.User
 	}
 
 	// Check visibility.
diff --git a/templates/base/head.tmpl b/templates/base/head.tmpl
index 68a7e43b69..61f0def7d9 100644
--- a/templates/base/head.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head.tmpl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 	{{if .IsSigned}}
 		<meta name="_uid" content="{{.SignedUser.ID}}" />
 	{{end}}
+	{{if .ContextUser}}
+		<meta name="_context_uid" content="{{.ContextUser.ID}}" />
+	{{end}}
 {{if .GoGetImport}}
 	<meta name="go-import" content="{{.GoGetImport}} git {{.CloneLink.HTTPS}}">
 	<meta name="go-source" content="{{.GoGetImport}} _ {{.GoDocDirectory}} {{.GoDocFile}}">