diff -r fe7fa102e766 -r 2172e3b8eeef finch/gntrequest.c
--- a/finch/gntrequest.c	Tue Jul 02 02:12:08 2019 -0400
+++ b/finch/gntrequest.c	Tue Jul 02 23:52:35 2019 -0400
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
 	gnt_entry_set_masked(GNT_ENTRY(entry),
 			purple_request_field_string_is_masked(field));
 	if (hint && purple_str_has_prefix(hint, "screenname")) {
-		PurpleBlistNode *node = purple_blist_get_root();
+		PurpleBlistNode *node = purple_blist_get_default_root();
 		gboolean offline = purple_str_has_suffix(hint, "all");
 		for (; node; node = purple_blist_node_next(node, offline)) {
 			if (!PURPLE_IS_BUDDY(node))
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@
 			*username = entry;
 	} else if (purple_strequal(hint, "group")) {
 		PurpleBlistNode *node;
-		for (node = purple_blist_get_root(); node;
-				node = purple_blist_node_get_sibling_next(node)) {
+		for (node = purple_blist_get_default_root(); node;
+		     node = purple_blist_node_get_sibling_next(node)) {
 			if (PURPLE_IS_GROUP(node))
 				gnt_entry_add_suggest(GNT_ENTRY(entry), purple_group_get_name((PurpleGroup *)node));
 		}