diff --git a/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs b/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
index 4641371eb5..e2ef352818 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.providers/UsersMembershipProvider.cs
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ namespace umbraco.providers
             var user = found.First();
 
             //Yes, it's true, this actually makes a db call to set the password
-            user.Password = newPassword;
+            user.Password = EncodePassword(newPassword);
             //call this just for fun.
             user.Save();