diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/carddav/carddavbackend.php b/apps/dav/lib/carddav/carddavbackend.php
index 97f5706049af7..64c251980c67c 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/carddav/carddavbackend.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/carddav/carddavbackend.php
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ public function getContact($addressBookId, $uri) {
 		$query = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
 		$query->select('*')->from($this->dbCardsTable)
 				->where($query->expr()->eq('uri', $query->createNamedParameter($uri)))
-				->where($query->expr()->eq('addressbookid', $query->createNamedParameter($addressBookId)));
+				->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('addressbookid', $query->createNamedParameter($addressBookId)));
 		$queryResult = $query->execute();
 		$contact = $queryResult->fetch();
 		$queryResult->closeCursor();
diff --git a/apps/dav/tests/unit/carddav/carddavbackendtest.php b/apps/dav/tests/unit/carddav/carddavbackendtest.php
index 1ee09260c88ce..50f8769581d5d 100644
--- a/apps/dav/tests/unit/carddav/carddavbackendtest.php
+++ b/apps/dav/tests/unit/carddav/carddavbackendtest.php
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ public function testGetContact() {
 		$this->assertSame(5489543, (int)$result['lastmodified']);
 		$this->assertSame('etag0', $result['etag']);
 		$this->assertSame(120, (int)$result['size']);
+
+		// this shouldn't return any result because 'uri1' is in address book 1
+		// see https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/229
+		$result = $this->backend->getContact(0, 'uri1');
+		$this->assertEmpty($result);
 	}
 
 	public function testGetContactFail() {