1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index d89b2e5532..36aca82346 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
         return result
 
     async def _complete_login(
-        self, user_id, login_submission, callback=None, create_non_existant_users=False
+        self, user_id, login_submission, callback=None, create_non_existent_users=False
     ):
         """Called when we've successfully authed the user and now need to
         actually login them in (e.g. create devices). This gets called on
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
             user_id (str): ID of the user to register.
             login_submission (dict): Dictionary of login information.
             callback (func|None): Callback function to run after registration.
-            create_non_existant_users (bool): Whether to create the user if
+            create_non_existent_users (bool): Whether to create the user if
                 they don't exist. Defaults to False.
 
         Returns:
@@ -331,12 +331,13 @@ class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
             update=True,
         )
 
-        if create_non_existant_users:
-            user_id = await self.auth_handler.check_user_exists(user_id)
-            if not user_id:
-                user_id = await self.registration_handler.register_user(
+        if create_non_existent_users:
+            canonical_uid = await self.auth_handler.check_user_exists(user_id)
+            if not canonical_uid:
+                canonical_uid = await self.registration_handler.register_user(
                     localpart=UserID.from_string(user_id).localpart
                 )
+            user_id = canonical_uid
 
         device_id = login_submission.get("device_id")
         initial_display_name = login_submission.get("initial_device_display_name")
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ class LoginRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
         user_id = UserID(user, self.hs.hostname).to_string()
         result = await self._complete_login(
-            user_id, login_submission, create_non_existant_users=True
+            user_id, login_submission, create_non_existent_users=True
         )
         return result