diff --git a/src/interactive-auth.js b/src/interactive-auth.js
index 135760d99..dddae0f5e 100644
--- a/src/interactive-auth.js
+++ b/src/interactive-auth.js
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ InteractiveAuth.prototype = {
                     // doesn't look like an interactive-auth failure. fail the whole lot.
                     throw error;
                 }
-                // if the error didn't come with flows, copy over the ones we have
+                // if the error didn't come with flows or session ID,
+                // copy over the ones we have
                 if (!error.data.flows) error.data.flows = self._data.flows;
+                if (!error.data.session) error.data.session = self._data.session;
                 self._data = error.data;
                 self._startNextAuthStage();
             },