diff --git a/lib/navigationlib.php b/lib/navigationlib.php
index 485dfebceb8..f24fd6227a5 100644
--- a/lib/navigationlib.php
+++ b/lib/navigationlib.php
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ class global_navigation extends navigation_node {
         $coursenode->add('frontpageloaded', null, self::TYPE_CUSTOM, null, 'frontpageloaded')->display = false;
 
         //Participants
-        if (has_capability('moodle/course:viewparticipants', $this->page->context)) {
+        if (has_capability('moodle/course:viewparticipants',  get_system_context())) {
             $coursenode->add(get_string('participants'), new moodle_url('/user/index.php?id='.$course->id), self::TYPE_CUSTOM, get_string('participants'), 'participants');
         }