diff --git a/src/applications/project/searchfield/PhabricatorProjectSearchField.php b/src/applications/project/searchfield/PhabricatorProjectSearchField.php
--- a/src/applications/project/searchfield/PhabricatorProjectSearchField.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/searchfield/PhabricatorProjectSearchField.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     if ($slugs) {
       $projects = id(new PhabricatorProjectQuery())
-        ->setViewer($this->requireViewer())
+        ->setViewer($this->getViewer())
         ->withSlugs($slugs)
         ->execute();
       foreach ($projects as $project) {