diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/account.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/account.py
index bea629a610..6f3f0f4d6c 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/account.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/account.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from seahub.api2.utils import api_error, to_python_boolean
 from seahub.api2.status import HTTP_520_OPERATION_FAILED
 from seahub.base.accounts import User
 from seahub.profile.models import Profile
+from seahub.profile.utils import refresh_cache as refresh_profile_cache
 from seahub.utils import is_valid_username
-from seahub.views import get_owned_repo_list
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 json_content_type = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class Account(APIView):
             profile.intro = note
 
         profile.save()
+        refresh_profile_cache(email)
 
     def _update_account_quota(self, request, email):
         storage = request.DATA.get("storage", None)
diff --git a/tests/api/endpoints/test_account.py b/tests/api/endpoints/test_account.py
index d4e502ca06..8d179411be 100644
--- a/tests/api/endpoints/test_account.py
+++ b/tests/api/endpoints/test_account.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import seaserv
 from seaserv import seafile_api
 
 from seahub.base.accounts import User
+from seahub.base.templatetags.seahub_tags import email2nickname
 from seahub.profile.models import Profile
 from seahub.test_utils import BaseTestCase
 from tests.common.utils import randstring
@@ -105,6 +106,16 @@ class AccountTest(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(seafile_api.get_user_quota(
             self.user1.username), 102400)
 
+    def test_refresh_profile_cache_after_update(self):
+        self.login_as(self.admin)
+        self.assertEqual(email2nickname(self.user1.username),
+                         self.user1.username.split('@')[0])
+
+        resp = self._do_update()
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
+
+        self.assertEqual(email2nickname(self.user1.username), 'user1')
+
     def test_migrate(self):
         self.login_as(self.admin)