diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/records/formatters/FormatterApi.java b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/records/formatters/FormatterApi.java
index 1a9830c3ef6..068c63f60c7 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/records/formatters/FormatterApi.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/api/records/formatters/FormatterApi.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public void getRecordFormattedBy(
             language = isoLanguagesMapper.iso639_2T_to_iso639_2B(locale.getISO3Language());
         }
 
-        AbstractMetadata metadata = ApiUtils.canViewRecord(metadataUuid, servletRequest);
+        AbstractMetadata metadata = ApiUtils.canViewRecord(metadataUuid, approved, servletRequest);
 
         if (approved) {
             metadata = ApplicationContextHolder.get().getBean(MetadataRepository.class).findOneByUuid(metadataUuid);