diff --git a/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/featurestore/featuregroup/FeaturegroupController.java b/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/featurestore/featuregroup/FeaturegroupController.java
index e79923e680..46cf1adcaa 100644
--- a/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/featurestore/featuregroup/FeaturegroupController.java
+++ b/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/featurestore/featuregroup/FeaturegroupController.java
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ public class FeaturegroupController {
   @EJB
   private FeaturegroupFacade featuregroupFacade;
   @EJB
+  private OnlineFeaturestoreController onlineFeaturestoreController;
+  @EJB
   private CachedFeaturegroupController cachedFeaturegroupController;
   @EJB
   private StreamFeatureGroupController streamFeatureGroupController;
@@ -938,6 +940,10 @@ public FeaturegroupPreview getFeaturegroupPreview(Featuregroup featuregroup, Pro
     Users user, boolean online, int limit)
     throws SQLException, FeaturestoreException, HopsSecurityException {
     if (online && featuregroup.isOnlineEnabled()) {
+      Featurestore userFeatureStore = featurestoreController.getProjectFeaturestore(project);
+      // Accessing online feature store from a shared project requires online feature store
+      // being setup in users' project.
+      onlineFeaturestoreController.setupOnlineFeatureStore(project, userFeatureStore);
       return onlineFeaturegroupController.getFeaturegroupPreview(featuregroup, project, user, limit);
     } else if (online) {
       throw new FeaturestoreException(RESTCodes.FeaturestoreErrorCode.FEATUREGROUP_NOT_ONLINE, Level.FINE);