diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 33c6a2135a..bfc784ff39 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -3047,8 +3047,6 @@ static CURLcode override_login(struct Curl_easy *data,
       conn->user = strdup(*userp);
       if(!conn->user)
         return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-      /* don't update the user name below */
-      userp = NULL;
     }
     /* no user was set but a password, set a blank user */
     if(userp && !*userp && *passwdp) {
@@ -3060,22 +3058,20 @@ static CURLcode override_login(struct Curl_easy *data,
 #endif
 
   /* for updated strings, we update them in the URL */
-  if(userp) {
-    if(*userp) {
-      CURLcode result = Curl_setstropt(&data->state.aptr.user, *userp);
-      if(result)
-        return result;
-    }
-    if(data->state.aptr.user) {
-      uc = curl_url_set(data->state.uh, CURLUPART_USER, data->state.aptr.user,
-                        CURLU_URLENCODE);
-      if(uc)
-        return Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
-      if(!*userp) {
-        *userp = strdup(data->state.aptr.user);
-        if(!*userp)
-          return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-      }
+  if(*userp) {
+    CURLcode result = Curl_setstropt(&data->state.aptr.user, *userp);
+    if(result)
+      return result;
+  }
+  if(data->state.aptr.user) {
+    uc = curl_url_set(data->state.uh, CURLUPART_USER, data->state.aptr.user,
+                      CURLU_URLENCODE);
+    if(uc)
+      return Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
+    if(!*userp) {
+      *userp = strdup(data->state.aptr.user);
+      if(!*userp)
+        return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     }
   }
   if(*passwdp) {