diff --git a/app/controllers/katello/api/v2/host_debs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/katello/api/v2/host_debs_controller.rb
index 69d0b351fc3..7a9e8097120 100644
--- a/app/controllers/katello/api/v2/host_debs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/katello/api/v2/host_debs_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Api::V2::HostDebsController < Api::V2::ApiController
     include Katello::Concerns::FilteredAutoCompleteSearch
     include Katello::Concerns::Api::V2::RepositoryContentController
 
-    before_action :find_host, only: [:index]
+    before_action :find_host, only: [:index, :auto_complete_search]
 
     resource_description do
       api_version 'v2'