diff --git a/controllers/class.Login.php b/controllers/class.Login.php
index 8afb360c4..8e9074eaa 100644
--- a/controllers/class.Login.php
+++ b/controllers/class.Login.php
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ class SeedDMS_Controller_Login extends SeedDMS_Controller_Common {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$user = $authenticator->authenticate($login, $pwd);
+		if(!is_object($user))
+			$user = $authenticator->authenticate($login, $pwd);
 
 		if(0) {
 		/* Authenticate against LDAP server {{{ */