diff --git a/tdeioslave/imap4/imap4.cc b/tdeioslave/imap4/imap4.cc
index 87a6b9c4..7dea2c5d 100644
--- a/tdeioslave/imap4/imap4.cc
+++ b/tdeioslave/imap4/imap4.cc
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ IMAP4Protocol::specialSearchCommand( TQDataStream& stream )
   stream >> _url;
   TQString aBox, aSequence, aLType, aSection, aValidity, aDelimiter, aInfo;
   parseURL (_url, aBox, aSection, aLType, aSequence, aValidity, aDelimiter, aInfo);
-  if (!assureBox(aBox, false)) return;
+  if (!assureBox(aBox, true)) return;
 
   imapCommand *cmd = doCommand (imapCommand::clientSearch( aSection ));
   if (cmd->result () != "OK")