diff --git a/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java b/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java
index 04d14e4781..62b02c572f 100644
--- a/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java
+++ b/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ public class TagsImpl implements Tags
 
     public CollectionWithPagingInfo<Tag> getTags(String nodeId, Parameters params)
     {
-		NodeRef nodeRef = validateTag(nodeId);
-
+		NodeRef nodeRef = nodes.validateNode(nodeId);
 		PagingResults<Pair<NodeRef, String>> results = taggingService.getTags(nodeRef, Util.getPagingRequest(params.getPaging()));
     	Integer totalItems = results.getTotalResultCount().getFirst();
     	List<Pair<NodeRef, String>> page = results.getPage();