diff --git a/src/Form/MergeTermsTarget.php b/src/Form/MergeTermsTarget.php
index ed15c4d764db25a296eafa3df96001bed4b30787..ce7df6213d5b16c180c1810a0777182d36fc6552 100644
--- a/src/Form/MergeTermsTarget.php
+++ b/src/Form/MergeTermsTarget.php
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class MergeTermsTarget extends FormBase {
     $query = $this->termStorage->getQuery();
     $selected_term_ids = $this->getSelectedTermIds();
     $query->condition('vid', $this->vocabulary->id());
+    $query->accessCheck(TRUE);
     if (count($selected_term_ids) > 0) {
       $query->condition('tid', $selected_term_ids, 'NOT IN');
     }