diff --git a/wp-admin/auth.php b/wp-admin/auth.php
index 59f5f370af..d63f3084a3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/auth.php
+++ b/wp-admin/auth.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 require_once('../wp-config.php');
 
-if ( !empty($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH]) && !wp_login($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH], $_COOKIE['wordpresspass_' . COOKIEHASH) ) {
+if ( !empty($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH]) && !wp_login($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH], $_COOKIE['wordpresspass_' . COOKIEHASH]) ) {
 	header('Expires: Wed, 5 Jun 1979 23:41:00 GMT'); // Michel's birthday
 	header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
 	header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate');