diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc b/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc
index 895f84c..87b5d8b 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.pages.inc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *   - attributes: HTML attributes for the containing element.
  */
 function template_preprocess_user(&$variables) {
-  $account = $variables['elements']['#user'];
+  $variables['account'] = $variables['elements']['#user'];
 
   // Helpful $content variable for templates.
   foreach (Element::children($variables['elements']) as $key) {