diff --git a/mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java b/mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java
index b861b9a4d0f..f2d97edb889 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ public class BaseResource implements Resource {
    * @param credentials a string, "user:pass".
    */
   private static void applyCredentials(String credentials, HttpUriRequest request, HttpContext context) {
-    addAuthCacheToContext(request, context);
-
     Credentials creds = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(credentials);
     Header header = BasicScheme.authenticate(creds, "US-ASCII", false);
     request.addHeader(header);
@@ -144,6 +142,8 @@ public class BaseResource implements Resource {
       BaseResource.applyCredentials(credentials, request, context);
     }
 
+    addAuthCacheToContext(request, context);
+
     HttpParams params = client.getParams();
     HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, delegate.connectionTimeout());
     HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, delegate.socketTimeout());