diff --git a/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb
index fe914404f..d1c1509f1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Users::SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
   private
 
     def verifying_via_email?
+      return false unless resource.present?
       stored_path = session[stored_location_key_for(resource)] || ""
       stored_path[0..5] == "/email"
     end