diff --git a/lib/auth/default_current_user_provider.rb b/lib/auth/default_current_user_provider.rb
index 066f55d2c..d726be453 100644
--- a/lib/auth/default_current_user_provider.rb
+++ b/lib/auth/default_current_user_provider.rb
@@ -38,14 +38,18 @@ class Auth::DefaultCurrentUserProvider
     current_user = nil
 
     if auth_token && auth_token.length == 32
-      current_user = User.where(auth_token: auth_token)
+      limiter = RateLimiter.new(nil, "cookie_auth_#{request.ip}", COOKIE_ATTEMPTS_PER_MIN ,60)
+
+      if limiter.can_perform?
+        current_user = User.where(auth_token: auth_token)
                          .where('auth_token_updated_at IS NULL OR auth_token_updated_at > ?',
                                   SiteSetting.maximum_session_age.hours.ago)
                          .first
+      end
 
       unless current_user
         begin
-          RateLimiter.new(nil, "cookie_auth_#{request.ip}", COOKIE_ATTEMPTS_PER_MIN ,60).performed!
+          limiter.performed!
         rescue RateLimiter::LimitExceeded
           raise Discourse::InvalidAccess
         end
diff --git a/spec/components/auth/default_current_user_provider_spec.rb b/spec/components/auth/default_current_user_provider_spec.rb
index 3fecd09e5..dd69a375b 100644
--- a/spec/components/auth/default_current_user_provider_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/auth/default_current_user_provider_spec.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ describe Auth::DefaultCurrentUserProvider do
   end
 
   it "can only try 10 bad cookies a minute" do
+
+    user = Fabricate(:user)
+    provider('/').log_on_user(user, {}, {})
+
     RateLimiter.stubs(:disabled?).returns(false)
 
     RateLimiter.new(nil, "cookie_auth_10.0.0.1", 10, 60).clear!
@@ -97,10 +101,16 @@ describe Auth::DefaultCurrentUserProvider do
     10.times do
       provider('/', env).current_user
     end
+
     expect {
       provider('/', env).current_user
     }.to raise_error(Discourse::InvalidAccess)
 
+    expect {
+      env["HTTP_COOKIE"] = "_t=#{user.auth_token}"
+      provider("/", env).current_user
+    }.to raise_error(Discourse::InvalidAccess)
+
     env["REMOTE_ADDR"] = "10.0.0.2"
     provider('/', env).current_user
   end