diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js.es6
index e3947378fba..b3e91306d34 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js.es6
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { emojiUnescape } from "discourse/lib/text";
 import PreloadStore from "preload-store";
 import { defaultHomepage } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
 import { userPath } from "discourse/lib/url";
+import Category from "discourse/models/category";
 
 export const SECOND_FACTOR_METHODS = { TOTP: 1, BACKUP_CODE: 2 };
 
@@ -665,6 +666,14 @@ const User = RestModel.extend({
           });
         }
 
+        if (summary.top_categories) {
+          summary.top_categories.forEach(c => {
+            if (c.parent_category_id) {
+              c.parentCategory = Category.findById(c.parent_category_id);
+            }
+          });
+        }
+
         return summary;
       }
     );