diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
index 908968b051..b9eaa3efa3 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/tabs/user/GeneralUserSettingsTab.js
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ export default class GeneralUserSettingsTab extends React.Component {
         // for free. So we might as well use that for our own purposes.
         const idServerUrl = MatrixClientPeg.get().getIdentityServerUrl();
         const authClient = new IdentityAuthClient();
-        const idAccessToken = await authClient.getAccessToken({ check: false });
         try {
+            const idAccessToken = await authClient.getAccessToken({ check: false });
             await startTermsFlow([new Service(
                 SERVICE_TYPES.IS,
                 idServerUrl,