diff --git a/src/flask_digest_auth/auth.py b/src/flask_digest_auth/auth.py
index 8b7adb5..6ad2988 100644
--- a/src/flask_digest_auth/auth.py
+++ b/src/flask_digest_auth/auth.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class DigestAuth:
                 raise NoLogInException
             user: t.Optional[t.Any] = self.__get_user(session["user"])
             if user is None:
+                del session["user"]
                 raise NoLogInException
             return user