diff --git a/ssoauth/auth_utils.py b/ssoauth/auth_utils.py
index 79964fc55f06f38b6d72ebd861711a3d7bc7452d..383c229d56782ddf0902edf20f4dc2b2ccfcb7f9 100644
--- a/ssoauth/auth_utils.py
+++ b/ssoauth/auth_utils.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def cleanup_direct_permissions(user):
         user.user_permissions.clear()
 
 
-def set_user_compat_flags(user):
+def set_user_compat_flags(user, check_login_perm=True):
 
     def get_full_perm_name(codename):
         return "{app}.{codename}".format(
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def set_user_compat_flags(user):
         logger.info("User {user} is staff (has admin access).".format(**locals()))
         user.is_staff = True
     # is_active (actually represents the log in permission)
-    if app_settings.LOGIN_PERM_CODENAME:
+    if app_settings.LOGIN_PERM_CODENAME and check_login_perm:
         if user.has_perm(get_full_perm_name(app_settings.LOGIN_PERM_CODENAME)):
             logger.info("User {user} is active.".format(**locals()))
             user.is_active = True
diff --git a/ssoauth/views.py b/ssoauth/views.py
index 05a42f09075d92873af54b0c237b147b4cc43601..4d9553c4b73cc0f06b375d281532411adc08aa42 100644
--- a/ssoauth/views.py
+++ b/ssoauth/views.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class DevView(FormView):
             contrib_auth.logout(self.request)
         # update the compat flags, might be needed when user or their groups change
         if self.request.user.is_authenticated:
-            auth_utils.set_user_compat_flags(self.request.user)
+            auth_utils.set_user_compat_flags(self.request.user, False)
         # redirect
         return http.HttpResponseRedirect(self.next_url or urls.reverse("sso-dev"))