diff --git a/src/authentic2_auth_fedict/views.py b/src/authentic2_auth_fedict/views.py
index 5377516..a5e0ece 100644
--- a/src/authentic2_auth_fedict/views.py
+++ b/src/authentic2_auth_fedict/views.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ class LoginView(mellon.views.LoginView):
             nonce = None
         a2_utils_misc.record_authentication_event(request, 'fedict', nonce=nonce)
 
+        request_user = getattr(request, 'user', None) if request else None
+        if request_user and request_user.is_authenticated and request_user.email:
+            # get email from existing user
+            user.email = request_user.email
+
         if not user.email:
             adapter.provision_attribute(user, idp, attributes)
             user.is_active = False