diff --git a/data/model/repository.py b/data/model/repository.py
index fe12ede45..b25ac69ff 100644
--- a/data/model/repository.py
+++ b/data/model/repository.py
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ def _get_sorted_matching_repositories(lookup_value, include_private=False):
            .select(Repository, Namespace)
            .join(Namespace, on=(Namespace.id == Repository.namespace_user))
            .where(Repository.name.match(lookup_value) | Repository.description.match(lookup_value))
-           .group_by(Repository.id))
+           .group_by(Repository.id, Namespace.id))
 
   if not include_private:
     query = query.where(Repository.visibility == _basequery.get_public_repo_visibility())