diff --git a/src/Identity/Controllers/AccountsController.cs b/src/Identity/Controllers/AccountsController.cs
index c3d2ab0f8a..7bbb5d69d0 100644
--- a/src/Identity/Controllers/AccountsController.cs
+++ b/src/Identity/Controllers/AccountsController.cs
@@ -274,24 +274,7 @@ public class AccountsController : Controller
         var kdfInformation = await _userRepository.GetKdfInformationByEmailAsync(model.Email);
         if (kdfInformation == null)
         {
-            if (_defaultKdfHmacKey == null)
-            {
-                kdfInformation = _defaultKdfResults[0];
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // Compute the HMAC hash of the email
-                var hmacMessage = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(model.Email.Trim().ToLowerInvariant());
-                using var hmac = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256(_defaultKdfHmacKey);
-                var hmacHash = hmac.ComputeHash(hmacMessage);
-                // Convert the hash to a number
-                var hashHex = BitConverter.ToString(hmacHash).Replace("-", string.Empty).ToLowerInvariant();
-                var hashFirst8Bytes = hashHex.Substring(0, 16);
-                var hashNumber = long.Parse(hashFirst8Bytes, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
-                // Find the default KDF value for this hash number
-                var hashIndex = (int)(Math.Abs(hashNumber) % _defaultKdfResults.Count);
-                kdfInformation = _defaultKdfResults[hashIndex];
-            }
+            kdfInformation = GetDefaultKdf(model.Email);
         }
         return new PreloginResponseModel(kdfInformation);
     }
@@ -310,4 +293,26 @@ public class AccountsController : Controller
             Token = token
         };
     }
+
+    private UserKdfInformation GetDefaultKdf(string email)
+    {
+        if (_defaultKdfHmacKey == null)
+        {
+            return _defaultKdfResults[0];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Compute the HMAC hash of the email
+            var hmacMessage = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(email.Trim().ToLowerInvariant());
+            using var hmac = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256(_defaultKdfHmacKey);
+            var hmacHash = hmac.ComputeHash(hmacMessage);
+            // Convert the hash to a number
+            var hashHex = BitConverter.ToString(hmacHash).Replace("-", string.Empty).ToLowerInvariant();
+            var hashFirst8Bytes = hashHex.Substring(0, 16);
+            var hashNumber = long.Parse(hashFirst8Bytes, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
+            // Find the default KDF value for this hash number
+            var hashIndex = (int)(Math.Abs(hashNumber) % _defaultKdfResults.Count);
+            return _defaultKdfResults[hashIndex];
+        }
+    }
 }