diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js
index 3344955bc5..3b74c83981 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js
@@ -497,7 +497,11 @@ const ProjectController = {
             // Notification: After SSO Linked or Logging in
             // The requested email does not match primary email returned from
             // the institution
-            if (samlSession.emailNonCanonical && !samlSession.linkedToAnother) {
+            if (
+              samlSession.requestedEmail &&
+              samlSession.emailNonCanonical &&
+              !samlSession.linkedToAnother
+            ) {
               notificationsInstitution.push({
                 institutionEmail: samlSession.emailNonCanonical,
                 requestedEmail: samlSession.requestedEmail,
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js
index b2bd462a6a..5176ca74c2 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/User/UserPagesController.js
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ const UserPagesController = {
       'saml',
       'emailNonCanonical'
     ])
+    const institutionRequestedEmail = _.get(req.session, [
+      'saml',
+      'requestedEmail'
+    ])
     delete req.session.saml
     logger.log({ user: userId }, 'loading settings page')
     let shouldAllowEditingDetails = true
@@ -161,7 +165,10 @@ const UserPagesController = {
         oauthUseV2: Settings.oauthUseV2 || false,
         institutionLinked,
         institutionLinkedToAnother,
-        institutionEmailNonCanonical,
+        institutionEmailNonCanonical:
+          institutionEmailNonCanonical && institutionRequestedEmail
+            ? institutionEmailNonCanonical
+            : undefined,
         samlBeta: req.session.samlBeta,
         ssoError: ssoError,
         thirdPartyIds: UserPagesController._restructureThirdPartyIds(user)
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/src/Project/ProjectControllerTests.js b/services/web/test/unit/src/Project/ProjectControllerTests.js
index 545a506d7f..ce9ab55ed9 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/src/Project/ProjectControllerTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/src/Project/ProjectControllerTests.js
@@ -800,6 +800,28 @@ describe('ProjectController', function() {
         }
         this.ProjectController.projectListPage(this.req, this.res)
       })
+      describe('when linking/logging in initiated on institution side', function() {
+        it('should not show a linked another email notification', function() {
+          // this is only used when initated on Overleaf,
+          // because we keep track of the requested email they tried to link
+          this.res.render = (pageName, opts) => {
+            expect(opts.notificationsInstitution).to.not.deep.include({
+              institutionEmail: this.institutionEmail,
+              requestedEmail: undefined,
+              templateKey: 'notification_institution_sso_non_canonical'
+            })
+          }
+          this.req.session.saml = {
+            emailNonCanonical: this.institutionEmail,
+            institutionEmail: this.institutionEmail,
+            linked: {
+              hasEntitlement: false,
+              universityName: this.institutionName
+            }
+          }
+          this.ProjectController.projectListPage(this.req, this.res)
+        })
+      })
     })
 
     describe('When Institution SSO is not released', function() {