diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 61803e285f095cccd513f6c13eefb0cf3c71ed00..303d86d6e117babb233c2ddbf73a1d7e623d0eab 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -508,6 +508,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   private
   def clearable_fields
-    self.attributes.keys - ["id", "username", "encrypted_password", "created_at", "updated_at", "locked_at"]
+    self.attributes.keys - ["id", "username", "encrypted_password", "created_at", "updated_at", "locked_at", "serialized_private_key"]
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 43f642501700ac68301deb33d90a97ffc7a99618..ec0df5cba5b2b36d34ffe5129f9805dac1b64470 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1051,7 +1051,6 @@ describe User do
       it 'returns the clearable fields' do
         user = Factory.create :user
         user.send(:clearable_fields).sort.should == %w{
-          serialized_private_key
           getting_started
           disable_mail
           language