diff --git a/apiserver/plane/license/api/views/admin.py b/apiserver/plane/license/api/views/admin.py
index 10c6df5c36..97f0e446e3 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/license/api/views/admin.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/license/api/views/admin.py
@@ -290,11 +290,12 @@ class InstanceAdminSignInEndpoint(View):
         # Fetch the user
         user = User.objects.filter(email=email).first()
 
-        # is_active
-        if not user.is_active:
+        # Error out if the user is not present
+        if not user:
             exc = AuthenticationException(
-                error_code=AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_CODES["ADMIN_USER_DEACTIVATED"],
-                error_message="ADMIN_USER_DEACTIVATED",
+                error_code=AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_CODES["ADMIN_USER_DOES_NOT_EXIST"],
+                error_message="ADMIN_USER_DOES_NOT_EXIST",
+                payload={"email": email},
             )
             url = urljoin(
                 base_host(request=request, is_admin=True),
@@ -302,12 +303,11 @@ class InstanceAdminSignInEndpoint(View):
             )
             return HttpResponseRedirect(url)
 
-        # Error out if the user is not present
-        if not user:
+        # is_active
+        if not user.is_active:
             exc = AuthenticationException(
-                error_code=AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_CODES["ADMIN_USER_DOES_NOT_EXIST"],
-                error_message="ADMIN_USER_DOES_NOT_EXIST",
-                payload={"email": email},
+                error_code=AUTHENTICATION_ERROR_CODES["ADMIN_USER_DEACTIVATED"],
+                error_message="ADMIN_USER_DEACTIVATED",
             )
             url = urljoin(
                 base_host(request=request, is_admin=True),