diff --git a/mopidy/backends/despotify.py b/mopidy/backends/despotify.py
index c88e0dda..b41c54cf 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/despotify.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/despotify.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class DespotifyLibraryController(BaseLibraryController):
                     spotify_query.append(value)
                 else:
                     spotify_query.append(u'%s:"%s"' % (field, value))
-        spotify_query = u' '.join(query)
+        spotify_query = u' '.join(spotify_query)
         logger.debug(u'Spotify search query: %s', spotify_query)
         result = self.backend.spotify.search(spotify_query.encode(ENCODING))
         if (result is None or result.playlist.tracks[0].get_uri() ==