diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnir.el b/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
index 0f364d66e1..0277524a8c 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnir.el
@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ gnus-group-make-nnir-group
 		       (list (gnus-group-group-name))
 		     (mapcar (lambda (entry)
 			       (gnus-info-group (cadr entry)))
-			     (gnus-topic-find-groups (gnus-group-topic-name)))))
+			     (gnus-topic-find-groups (gnus-group-topic-name)
+						     nil t nil t))))
 	       gnus-group-server))))
 	 (query-spec
 	  (or (cdr (assq 'nnir-query-spec specs))