diff --git a/libraries/src/CMS/Application/CMSApplication.php b/libraries/src/CMS/Application/CMSApplication.php
index 776a03c0befe5..1c681d98d93d0 100644
--- a/libraries/src/CMS/Application/CMSApplication.php
+++ b/libraries/src/CMS/Application/CMSApplication.php
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ public static function getInstance($name = null, $prefix = '\JApplication', Cont
 				// TODO - This creates an implicit hard requirement on the JApplicationCms constructor
 				static::$instances[$name] = new $classname(null, null, null, $container);
 			}
+
+			static::$instances[$name]->loadIdentity(\JFactory::getUser());
 		}
 
 		return static::$instances[$name];