diff --git a/internal/pkg/sessions/session_state_test.go b/internal/pkg/sessions/session_state_test.go
index 6b2ef512..adcdfe58 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/sessions/session_state_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/sessions/session_state_test.go
@@ -80,5 +80,4 @@ func TestSessionStateExpirations(t *testing.T) {
 	if !session.IsWithinGracePeriod(3 * time.Minute) {
 		t.Errorf("expected session to be inside of grace period")
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/internal/proxy/oauthproxy.go b/internal/proxy/oauthproxy.go
index edbc1cf2..8a8ba4ed 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/oauthproxy.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/oauthproxy.go
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ func (p *OAuthProxy) Authenticate(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (er
 			case providers.ErrAuthProviderUnavailable:
 				tags = append(tags, "action:refresh_session", "error:validation_failed")
 				p.StatsdClient.Incr("provider_error_fallback", tags, 1.0)
-				session.RefreshDeadline = sessions.ExtendDeadline(p.provider.Data().SessionValidTTL)
+				session.ValidDeadline = sessions.ExtendDeadline(p.provider.Data().SessionValidTTL)
 			default:
 				return ErrUserNotAuthorized
 			}