diff --git a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
index 24ab2e0a3..339399329 100644
--- a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
       respond_to do |format|
         format.html { render :template => 'issues/index', :layout => !request.xhr? }
         format.api  {
-          Issue.load_relations(@issues) if include_in_api_response?('relations')
+          Issue.load_visible_relations(@issues) if include_in_api_response?('relations')
         }
         format.atom { render_feed(@issues, :title => "#{@project || Setting.app_title}: #{l(:label_issue_plural)}") }
         format.csv  { send_data(issues_to_csv(@issues, @project, @query, params), :type => 'text/csv; header=present', :filename => 'export.csv') }