diff --git a/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.cpp b/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.cpp
index 3e9bc7fdf6..d7eaa56dbb 100644
--- a/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.cpp
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ QNetworkReply *AbstractNetworkJob::addTimer(QNetworkReply *reply)
     return reply;
 }
 
-bool AbstractNetworkJob::retryAble() const
+bool AbstractNetworkJob::isAuthenticationJob() const
 {
-    return _retryAble;
+    return _isAuthenticationJob;
 }
 
-void AbstractNetworkJob::setRetryAble(bool retryAble)
+void AbstractNetworkJob::setAuthenticationJob(bool b)
 {
-    _retryAble = retryAble;
+    _isAuthenticationJob = b;
 }
 
 QNetworkReply *AbstractNetworkJob::sendRequest(const QByteArray &verb, const QUrl &url,
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ void AbstractNetworkJob::slotFinished()
     }
 
     if (_reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
-
-        if (retryAble() && _account->credentials()->retryIfNeeded(this))
+        if (!isAuthenticationJob() && _account->credentials()->retryIfNeeded(this))
             return;
 
         if (!_ignoreCredentialFailure || _reply->error() != QNetworkReply::AuthenticationRequiredError) {
diff --git a/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.h b/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.h
index a5bfc9aa41..e6fd649ee9 100644
--- a/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.h
+++ b/src/libsync/abstractnetworkjob.h
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ public:
      */
     static int httpTimeout;
 
-    /** whether or noth this job can be retried */
-    bool retryAble() const;
-    void setRetryAble(bool retryAble);
+    /** whether or noth this job should be restarted after authentication */
+    bool  isAuthenticationJob() const;
+    void  setAuthenticationJob(bool b);
 
 public slots:
     void setTimeout(qint64 msec);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ private:
     // Reparented to the currently running QNetworkReply.
     QPointer<QIODevice> _requestBody;
 
-    bool _retryAble = true;
+    bool _isAuthenticationJob = false;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/libsync/creds/oauth.cpp b/src/libsync/creds/oauth.cpp
index aa825ca10d..08688fc923 100644
--- a/src/libsync/creds/oauth.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/creds/oauth.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ SimpleNetworkJob *OAuth::postTokenRequest(const QList<QPair<QString, QString>> &
 
     auto job = _account->sendRequest("POST", requestTokenUrl, req, requestBody);
     job->setTimeout(qMin(30 * 1000ll, job->timeoutMsec()));
-    job->setRetryAble(false);
+    job->setAuthenticationJob(true);
     return job;
 }