diff --git a/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb b/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb
index 6572fa2ccf9..7f3c4fca62c 100644
--- a/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb
+++ b/lib/admin_user_index_query.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ class AdminUserIndexQuery
   end
 
   def filter_by_search
+    if params[:email].present?
+      return @query.where('user_emails.email = ?', params[:email].downcase)
+    end
+
     filter = params[:filter]
     if filter.present?
       filter.strip!
diff --git a/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb b/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb
index 4a11b97008d..284f6389ac9 100644
--- a/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/admin_user_index_query_spec.rb
@@ -188,6 +188,20 @@ describe AdminUserIndexQuery do
 
         expect(query.to_sql.downcase).not_to include("ilike")
       end
+
+      it "can correctly bypass expensive ilike query" do
+        user = Fabricate(:user, email: 'sam2@Sam.com')
+
+        query = AdminUserIndexQuery.new(email: 'Sam@sam.com').find_users_query
+        expect(query.count).to eq(0)
+        expect(query.to_sql.downcase).not_to include("ilike")
+
+        query = AdminUserIndexQuery.new(email: 'Sam2@sam.com').find_users_query
+        expect(query.first.id).to eq(user.id)
+        expect(query.count).to eq(1)
+        expect(query.to_sql.downcase).not_to include("ilike")
+
+      end
     end
 
     context "by email fragment" do