diff --git a/core/Controller/LoginController.php b/core/Controller/LoginController.php
index 097a770831..753631ddf6 100644
--- a/core/Controller/LoginController.php
+++ b/core/Controller/LoginController.php
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller {
 		$user, $originalUser, $redirect_url, string $loginMessage) {
 		// Read current user and append if possible we need to
 		// return the unmodified user otherwise we will leak the login name
-		$args = $user !== null ? ['user' => $originalUser] : [];
+		$args = $user !== null ? ['user' => $originalUser, 'direct' => 1] : [];
 		if ($redirect_url !== null) {
 			$args['redirect_url'] = $redirect_url;
 		}
diff --git a/tests/Core/Controller/LoginControllerTest.php b/tests/Core/Controller/LoginControllerTest.php
index e9d4a89aa7..69752bf6d3 100644
--- a/tests/Core/Controller/LoginControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Core/Controller/LoginControllerTest.php
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ class LoginControllerTest extends TestCase {
 			->with('core.login.showLoginForm', [
 				'user' => $user,
 				'redirect_url' => '/apps/files',
+				'direct' => 1
 			])
 			->willReturn($loginPageUrl);
 		$expected = new \OCP\AppFramework\Http\RedirectResponse($loginPageUrl);
@@ -597,6 +598,7 @@ class LoginControllerTest extends TestCase {
 			->with('core.login.showLoginForm', [
 				'user' => 'john@doe.com',
 				'redirect_url' => '/apps/files',
+				'direct' => 1
 			])
 			->willReturn($loginPageUrl);
 		$expected = new \OCP\AppFramework\Http\RedirectResponse($loginPageUrl);