diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24d3e1935..a190b286a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ User-visible changes worth mentioning.
 ## master
 
 - [#PR ID] Add your PR description here.
+- [#1465] Memoize nil doorkeeper_token
 - [#1457] Make owner_id a bigint for newly-generated owner migrations
 - [#1452] Empty previous_refresh_token only if present
 - [#1440] Validate empty host in redirect_uri
diff --git a/lib/doorkeeper/helpers/controller.rb b/lib/doorkeeper/helpers/controller.rb
index 8cdff7d3e..de3c148e3 100644
--- a/lib/doorkeeper/helpers/controller.rb
+++ b/lib/doorkeeper/helpers/controller.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def server
 
       # :doc:
       def doorkeeper_token
+        return @doorkeeper_token if defined?(@doorkeeper_token)
+
         @doorkeeper_token ||= OAuth::Token.authenticate(request, *config_methods)
       end