SERVER-10946 Fixed user acquisition for $external

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp b/src/mongo/db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp
index 1783dbd319e..d8a9081eb25 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ namespace mongo {
             }
             // Handle normal client authentication, only applies to client-server connections
             else {
-                authorizationSession->addAndAuthorizeUser(user);
+                Status status = authorizationSession->addAndAuthorizeUser(user);
+                if (!status.isOK()) {
+                    return status;
+                }
             }
             return Status::OK();
         }