diff --git a/spec/components/current_user_spec.rb b/spec/components/current_user_spec.rb
index f3bea462d9..83cd457de9 100644
--- a/spec/components/current_user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/current_user_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ require_dependency 'current_user'
 
 describe CurrentUser do
   it "allows us to lookup a user from our environment" do
-    user = Fabricate(:user, auth_token: EmailToken.generate_token)
+    user = Fabricate(:user, auth_token: EmailToken.generate_token, active: true)
+    EmailToken.confirm(user.auth_token)
     CurrentUser.lookup_from_env("HTTP_COOKIE" => "_t=#{user.auth_token};").should == user
   end