diff --git a/app/controllers/devise_token_auth/concerns/set_user_by_token.rb b/app/controllers/devise_token_auth/concerns/set_user_by_token.rb
index 027a9261a..52d3c1d00 100644
--- a/app/controllers/devise_token_auth/concerns/set_user_by_token.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/devise_token_auth/concerns/set_user_by_token.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def set_request_start
     @used_auth_by_token = true
 
     # initialize instance variables
-    @token = DeviseTokenAuth::TokenFactory.new
+    @token ||= DeviseTokenAuth::TokenFactory.new
     @resource ||= nil
     @is_batch_request ||= nil
   end