diff --git a/modules/user/user.module b/modules/user/user.module
index 6f73803a722097ed8cc0113187f83c4be1bdd791..0ab677aa2c20cc76fca2c349a8b9040318553173 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/modules/user/user.module
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ function user_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = array()) {
           if ($authenticated_count && $max_users) {
             $items = array();
 
-            while ($max_users-- && $account = db_fetch_object($users)) {
+            while ($max_users-- && $account = db_fetch_object($authenticated_users)) {
               $items[] = $account;
             }