diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js
index 61e43df08e..f6bd8ff9df 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 export function PortalModeJobsController($scope, $rootScope, GetBasePath, GenerateList, PortalJobsList, SearchInit,
     PaginateInit){
 
-    var list = PortalJobsList,
+    var list =  _.cloneDeep(PortalJobsList),
     view = GenerateList,
     // show user jobs by default
     defaultUrl = GetBasePath('jobs') + '?created_by=' + $rootScope.current_user.id,
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ export function PortalModeJobsController($scope, $rootScope, GetBasePath, Genera
 
     var init = function(url){
         defaultUrl = url ? url : defaultUrl;
+        // We need to explicitly set the lists base path so that tag searching will keep the '?created_by'
+        // query param when it's present.  If we don't do this, then tag search will just grab the base
+        // path for this list (/api/v1/jobs) and lose the created_by filter
+        list.basePath = defaultUrl;
+
         view.inject(list, {
             id: 'portal-jobs',
             mode: 'edit',