diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.spec.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.spec.ts
index 289e94e6ef..bd9bb6e5f6 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { TextEncoder } from "util";
 
 import { mock, MockProxy } from "jest-mock-extended";
-import { BehaviorSubject } from "rxjs";
+import { BehaviorSubject, of } from "rxjs";
 
 import { AccountInfo, AccountService } from "../../../auth/abstractions/account.service";
 import { UserId } from "../../../types/guid";
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ describe("FidoAuthenticatorService", () => {
     userInterface = mock<Fido2UserInterfaceService>();
     userInterfaceSession = mock<Fido2UserInterfaceSession>();
     userInterface.newSession.mockResolvedValue(userInterfaceSession);
-    syncService = mock<SyncService>();
+    syncService = mock<SyncService>({
+      activeUserLastSync$: () => of(new Date()),
+    });
     accountService = mock<AccountService>();
     authenticator = new Fido2AuthenticatorService(
       cipherService,
diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.ts
index ddcc079eb9..8f0523769d 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/services/fido2/fido2-authenticator.service.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,14 @@ export class Fido2AuthenticatorService implements Fido2AuthenticatorServiceAbstr
       }
 
       await userInterfaceSession.ensureUnlockedVault();
-      await this.syncService.fullSync(false);
+
+      // Avoid syncing if we did it reasonably soon as the only reason for syncing is to validate excludeCredentials
+      const lastSync = await firstValueFrom(this.syncService.activeUserLastSync$());
+      const threshold = new Date().getTime() - 1000 * 60 * 30; // 30 minutes ago
+
+      if (!lastSync || lastSync.getTime() < threshold) {
+        await this.syncService.fullSync(false);
+      }
 
       const existingCipherIds = await this.findExcludedCredentials(
         params.excludeCredentialDescriptorList,
@@ -223,15 +230,17 @@ export class Fido2AuthenticatorService implements Fido2AuthenticatorServiceAbstr
       let cipherOptions: CipherView[];
 
       await userInterfaceSession.ensureUnlockedVault();
-      await this.syncService.fullSync(false);
 
-      if (params.allowCredentialDescriptorList?.length > 0) {
-        cipherOptions = await this.findCredentialsById(
-          params.allowCredentialDescriptorList,
-          params.rpId,
-        );
-      } else {
-        cipherOptions = await this.findCredentialsByRp(params.rpId);
+      // Try to find the passkey locally before causing a sync to speed things up
+      // only skip syncing if we found credentials AND all of them have a counter = 0
+      cipherOptions = await this.findCredential(params, cipherOptions);
+      if (
+        cipherOptions.length === 0 ||
+        cipherOptions.some((c) => c.login.fido2Credentials.some((p) => p.counter > 0))
+      ) {
+        // If no passkey is found, or any had a non-zero counter, sync to get the latest data
+        await this.syncService.fullSync(false);
+        cipherOptions = await this.findCredential(params, cipherOptions);
       }
 
       if (cipherOptions.length === 0) {
@@ -335,6 +344,21 @@ export class Fido2AuthenticatorService implements Fido2AuthenticatorServiceAbstr
     }
   }
 
+  private async findCredential(
+    params: Fido2AuthenticatorGetAssertionParams,
+    cipherOptions: CipherView[],
+  ) {
+    if (params.allowCredentialDescriptorList?.length > 0) {
+      cipherOptions = await this.findCredentialsById(
+        params.allowCredentialDescriptorList,
+        params.rpId,
+      );
+    } else {
+      cipherOptions = await this.findCredentialsByRp(params.rpId);
+    }
+    return cipherOptions;
+  }
+
   private requiresUserVerificationPrompt(
     params: Fido2AuthenticatorGetAssertionParams,
     cipherOptions: CipherView[],