diff --git a/app/models/concerns/permission_checkable_model.rb b/app/models/concerns/permission_checkable_model.rb
index 66b04ac78..5563ff398 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/permission_checkable_model.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/permission_checkable_model.rb
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ module PermissionCheckableModel
   end
 
   def permission_granted?(user, permission, permission_team = user.permission_team)
-    return true if user_assignments.joins(:user_role)
-                                   .where(user: user, team: permission_team)
-                                   .exists?(['user_roles.permissions @> ARRAY[?]::varchar[]', [permission]])
+    if user_assignments.exists?(user: user, team: permission_team)
+      return user_assignments.joins(:user_role)
+                             .where(user: user, team: permission_team)
+                             .exists?(['user_roles.permissions @> ARRAY[?]::varchar[]', [permission]])
+    end
 
     user_roles = UserRole.left_outer_joins(:team_assignments, user_group_assignments: { user_group: :users })
     user_roles.where(user_group_assignments: { assignable: self, user_groups: { users: user } })