diff --git a/ckan/views/group.py b/ckan/views/group.py
index 4e94ade34f9..71f304d3ca9 100644
--- a/ckan/views/group.py
+++ b/ckan/views/group.py
@@ -466,10 +466,12 @@ def read(group_type, is_organization, id=None, limit=20):
     # if the user specified a group id, redirect to the group name
     if data_dict['id'] == group_dict['id'] and \
             data_dict['id'] != group_dict['name']:
+
+        url_with_name = h.url_for(u'{}.read'.format(group_type),
+                                  id=group_dict['name'])
+
         return h.redirect_to(
-            h.add_url_param(
-                controller=group_type, action=u'read',
-                extras=dict(id=group_dict['name'])))
+            h.add_url_param(alternative_url=url_with_name))
 
     # TODO: Remove
     # ckan 2.9: Adding variables that were removed from c object for