diff --git a/zerver/views/users.py b/zerver/views/users.py
index b17559976e..9a032af534 100644
--- a/zerver/views/users.py
+++ b/zerver/views/users.py
@@ -753,22 +753,32 @@ def get_user_data(
 
 
 @typed_endpoint
-def get_members_backend(
+def get_member_backend(
     request: HttpRequest,
     user_profile: UserProfile,
-    user_id: int | None = None,
+    user_id: int,
     *,
     include_custom_profile_fields: Json[bool] = False,
     client_gravatar: Json[bool] = True,
 ) -> HttpResponse:
-    target_user = None
-    if user_id is not None:
-        target_user = access_user_by_id(
-            user_profile, user_id, allow_deactivated=True, allow_bots=True, for_admin=False
-        )
-
+    target_user = access_user_by_id(
+        user_profile, user_id, allow_deactivated=True, allow_bots=True, for_admin=False
+    )
     data = get_user_data(user_profile, include_custom_profile_fields, client_gravatar, target_user)
+    return json_success(request, data)
 
+
+@typed_endpoint
+def get_members_backend(
+    request: HttpRequest,
+    user_profile: UserProfile,
+    *,
+    include_custom_profile_fields: Json[bool] = False,
+    client_gravatar: Json[bool] = True,
+) -> HttpResponse:
+    data = get_user_data(
+        user_profile, include_custom_profile_fields, client_gravatar
+    )
     return json_success(request, data)
 
 
diff --git a/zproject/urls.py b/zproject/urls.py
index c3a32bc623..e8884b32ca 100644
--- a/zproject/urls.py
+++ b/zproject/urls.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ from zerver.views.users import (
     deactivate_user_backend,
     deactivate_user_own_backend,
     get_bots_backend,
+    get_member_backend,
     get_members_backend,
     get_profile_backend,
     get_subscription_backend,
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ v1_api_and_json_patterns = [
     rest_path("users/<int:user_id>/reactivate", POST=reactivate_user_backend),
     rest_path(
         "users/<int:user_id>",
-        GET=get_members_backend,
+        GET=get_member_backend,
         PATCH=update_user_by_id_api,
         DELETE=deactivate_user_backend,
     ),