diff --git a/C4/Auth.pm b/C4/Auth.pm
index 839c85aef1..58636ee8f0 100644
--- a/C4/Auth.pm
+++ b/C4/Auth.pm
@@ -1210,6 +1210,7 @@ sub checkauth {
                                 -sameSite => 'Lax',
                             ));
                             $info{'wrongip'} = 1;
+                            $auth_state = "failed";
                         }
                     }