diff --git a/spec/requests/session_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/session_controller_spec.rb
index b002d4d8f45c5..fbcea95fa1ffe 100644
--- a/spec/requests/session_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/session_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ def login_with_sso_and_invite(invite_key = invite.invite_key)
       end
 
       it "prevents login by admins" do
-        post "/session.json", params: { login: user.username, password: "myawesomepassword" }
+        post "/session.json", params: { login: admin.username, password: "myawesomepassword" }
         expect(response.status).not_to eq(200)
       end
     end