diff --git a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
index 2d1160ab4..cb665c2df 100644
--- a/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
+++ b/pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
@@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ function getCallbacks (req, res) {
         const secret = process.env.NEXTAUTH_SECRET
         const jwt = await encodeJWT({ token, secret })
         const me = await prisma.user.findUnique({ where: { id: token.id } })
-        // we set multi_auth cookies on login/signup with only one user so the rest of the code doesn't
-        // have to consider the case where they aren't set yet because account switching wasn't used yet
-        setMultiAuthCookies(req, res, { ...me, jwt })
+        const hasMultiAuth = !!req.cookies['multi_auth.user-id']
+        if (!hasMultiAuth) {
+          // we set multi_auth cookies on login/signup with only one user so the rest of the code doesn't
+          // have to consider the case where they aren't set yet because account switching wasn't used yet
+          setMultiAuthCookies(req, res, { ...me, jwt })
+        }
       }
 
       return token