diff --git a/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb b/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
index 58f450147..254cb8968 100644
--- a/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class EppController < ApplicationController
     # by default PaperTrail uses before filter and at that
     # time current_user is not yet present
     ::PaperTrail.whodunnit = user_log_str(@current_user)
-    ::PaperSession.session = epp_session.session_id if epp_session.session_id.present?
+    ::PaperSession.session = epp_session.session_id
     @current_user
   end