diff --git a/include/class.search.php b/include/class.search.php
index 9bdefa354fc39c277394abcb1e1c2f383a8c0206..903486ba90ed82b673f70312ab1309fff09e2634 100644
--- a/include/class.search.php
+++ b/include/class.search.php
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ class MysqlSearchBackend extends SearchBackend {
             return false;
 
         // Start rebuilding the index
-        $this->getConfig()->set('reindex', 1);
+        $config = new MySqlSearchConfig();
+        $config->set('reindex', 1);
         return true;
     }