diff --git a/lib/sessionmanager.js b/lib/sessionmanager.js
index 81b59b1d155314e90f3b59a0528d27d71c08e20d..db98d487b720b2d6528ed00b098f373ec636173e 100644
--- a/lib/sessionmanager.js
+++ b/lib/sessionmanager.js
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ SessionManager.prototype.logIn = function(req, user, options, cb) {
       }
       if (options.keepSessionInfo) {
         merge(req.session, prevSession);
-      }
+      } else if (options.successReturnToOrRedirect && prevSession.returnTo) {
+        req.session.returnTo = prevSession.returnTo;
+      }      
       if (!req.session[self._key]) {
         req.session[self._key] = {};
       }