diff --git a/modules/user.module b/modules/user.module
index a02b97fe53553f7bf45533a6f40dd4958add9eee..e9b911587edaa458e19744fd0e58c39ffbf13578 100644
--- a/modules/user.module
+++ b/modules/user.module
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ function user_menu($may_cache) {
         'type' => MENU_CALLBACK, 'callback' => 'user_view',
         'callback arguments' => arg(1), 'access' => $view_access);
 
-      if ($user_exists !== FALSE) {
+      if ($user_exists !== FALSE || $admin_access) {
         $items[] = array('path' => 'user/'. arg(1) .'/view', 'title' => t('view'),
           'access' => $view_access, 'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -10);
         $items[] = array('path' => 'user/'. arg(1) .'/edit', 'title' => t('edit'),
diff --git a/modules/user/user.module b/modules/user/user.module
index a02b97fe53553f7bf45533a6f40dd4958add9eee..e9b911587edaa458e19744fd0e58c39ffbf13578 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/modules/user/user.module
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ function user_menu($may_cache) {
         'type' => MENU_CALLBACK, 'callback' => 'user_view',
         'callback arguments' => arg(1), 'access' => $view_access);
 
-      if ($user_exists !== FALSE) {
+      if ($user_exists !== FALSE || $admin_access) {
         $items[] = array('path' => 'user/'. arg(1) .'/view', 'title' => t('view'),
           'access' => $view_access, 'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -10);
         $items[] = array('path' => 'user/'. arg(1) .'/edit', 'title' => t('edit'),