diff --git a/settings/ajax/changepassword.php b/settings/ajax/changepassword.php
index 41f0fa2f2fd5f6185ae03b6df9b82a97bdc66e17..67b23d2a19ccd9c2bf538701cd269d3b75e3d60c 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/changepassword.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/changepassword.php
@@ -45,14 +45,18 @@ if (\OC_App::isEnabled('files_encryption')) {
 	} elseif ($recoveryEnabledForUser && ! $validRecoveryPassword) {
 		OC_JSON::error(array('data' => array('message' => 'Wrong admin recovery password. Please check the password and try again.')));
 	} else { // now we know that everything is fine regarding the recovery password, let's try to change the password
-	$result = OC_User::setPassword($username, $password, $recoveryPassword);
-	if (!$result && $recoveryPasswordSupported) {
-		OC_JSON::error(array("data" => array( "message" => "Back-end doesn't support password change, but the users encryption key was successfully updated." )));
-	} elseif (!$result && !$recoveryPasswordSupported) {
-		OC_JSON::error(array("data" => array( "message" => "Unable to change password" )));
-	} else {
-		OC_JSON::success(array("data" => array( "username" => $username )));
-	}
+		$result = OC_User::setPassword($username, $password, $recoveryPassword);
+		if (!$result && $recoveryPasswordSupported) {
+			OC_JSON::error(array(
+				"data" => array(
+					"message" => "Back-end doesn't support password change, but the users encryption key was successfully updated." 
+				)
+			));
+		} elseif (!$result && !$recoveryPasswordSupported) {
+			OC_JSON::error(array("data" => array( "message" => "Unable to change password" )));
+		} else {
+			OC_JSON::success(array("data" => array( "username" => $username )));
+		}
 
 	}
 } else { // if encryption is disabled, proceed
diff --git a/settings/ajax/changepersonalpassword.php b/settings/ajax/changepersonalpassword.php
index 6c3f5d599aca633df05847551640c910fb0f51de..44ede3f9cc64a042f2eb40ef129e4137f5eb8945 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/changepersonalpassword.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/changepersonalpassword.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ OC_App::loadApps();
 $username = OC_User::getUser();
 $password = isset($_POST['personal-password']) ? $_POST['personal-password'] : null;
 $oldPassword = isset($_POST['oldpassword']) ? $_POST['oldpassword'] : '';
-$recoveryPassword = isset($_POST['recoveryPassword']) ? $_POST['recoveryPassword'] : null;
 
 if (!OC_User::checkPassword($username, $oldPassword)) {
 	$l = new \OC_L10n('settings');