diff --git a/src/usr/local/www/system_usermanager.php b/src/usr/local/www/system_usermanager.php
index 272dd8c9fe..e64a884fc6 100644
--- a/src/usr/local/www/system_usermanager.php
+++ b/src/usr/local/www/system_usermanager.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 ##|*MATCH=system_usermanager.php*
 ##|-PRIV

+require_once("auth.inc");
 require_once("certs.inc");
 require_once("guiconfig.inc");
 require_once("pfsense-utils.inc");
@@ -481,6 +482,11 @@ if ($_POST['save'] && !$read_only) {
                local_user_set_groups($userent, $_POST['groups']);
                local_user_set($userent);
                $savemsg = sprintf(gettext("Successfully %s user %s"), (isset($id)) ? gettext("edited") : gettext("created"), $userent['
name']);
+
+               /* Update userindex variable from auth.inc after a modification has been applied to a user */
+               global $userindex;
+               $userindex = index_users();
+
                write_config($savemsg);
                syslog($logging_level, "{$logging_prefix}: {$savemsg}");
                if (is_dir("/etc/inc/privhooks")) {