diff --git a/actions/userauthorization.php b/actions/userauthorization.php
index 111b54085c..735bcb6b5a 100644
--- a/actions/userauthorization.php
+++ b/actions/userauthorization.php
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ class UserauthorizationAction extends Action {
 			if (!common_logged_in()) {
 				# Go log in, and then come back
 				common_debug('saving URL for returnto', __FILE__);
-				$argsclone = $_GET;
-				unset($argsclone['action']);
-				common_set_returnto(common_local_url('userauthorization', $argsclone));
+				common_set_returnto($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
+
 				common_debug('redirecting to login', __FILE__);
 				common_redirect(common_local_url('login'));
 				return;