diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/choose-topic.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/choose-topic.js.es6
index f04765c7a7..592fd2f8e8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/choose-topic.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/choose-topic.js.es6
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
     if (!isEmpty(title)) {
       searchParams.typeFilter = "topic";
       searchParams.restrictToArchetype = "regular";
+      searchParams.searchForId = true;
     }
 
     searchForTerm(titleWithFilters, searchParams).then(results => {