diff --git a/src/service/password_reset/mod.rs b/src/service/password_reset/mod.rs
index 85903c9c..52636b19 100644
--- a/src/service/password_reset/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/password_reset/mod.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@ impl Service {
 			return Err!("Cannot issue a password reset token for the server user");
 		}
 
-		if self.services.users.origin(&user_id).await? != "password" {
+		if self
+			.services
+			.users
+			.origin(&user_id)
+			.await
+			.unwrap_or_else(|_| "password".to_owned())
+			!= "password"
+		{
 			return Err!("Cannot issue a password reset token for non-internal user {user_id}");
 		}