diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php
index 313abef868..35307cef1c 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_profile.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class ucp_profile
 							));
 						}
 
-						if ($auth->acl_get('u_chgpasswd') && $data['new_password'] && !$passwords_manager->check($data['new_password'], $user->data['user_password']))
+						if ($auth->acl_get('u_chgpasswd') && $data['new_password'])
 						{
 							$sql_ary['user_passchg'] = time();