diff --git a/bin/v-get-user-salt b/bin/v-get-user-salt
index 08ee5a9c..b99a684a 100755
--- a/bin/v-get-user-salt
+++ b/bin/v-get-user-salt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ check_args '1' "$#" 'USER [IP] [SALT]'
 is_format_valid 'user'
 
 # Checking user
-if [ ! -d "$VESTA/data/users/$user" ] && [ "$user" != 'root' ]; then
+if [ ! -d "$VESTA/data/users/$user" ]; then
     echo "Error: password missmatch"
     echo "$date $time $user $ip failed to login" >> $VESTA/log/auth.log
     exit 9