diff --git a/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js b/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js
--- a/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js
@@ -27,28 +27,14 @@
 
 const inactiveStep = { step: 'inactive' };
 
-type UsePasswordLogInInput = {
-  // Called after successful identity auth, but before successful authoritative
-  // keyserver auth. Used by callers to trigger local persistence of credentials
-  +saveCredentials?: ?({ +username: string, +password: string }) => mixed,
-};
-function usePasswordLogIn(
-  input?: ?UsePasswordLogInInput,
-): (username: string, password: string) => Promise<void> {
+function usePasswordLogIn(): (
+  username: string,
+  password: string,
+) => Promise<void> {
   const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] =
     React.useState<CurrentStep>(inactiveStep);
 
-  const saveCredentials = input?.saveCredentials;
   const identityPasswordLogIn = useIdentityPasswordLogIn();
-  const identityLogInAction = React.useCallback(
-    async (username: string, password: string) => {
-      const result = await identityPasswordLogIn(username, password);
-      saveCredentials?.({ username, password });
-      return result;
-    },
-    [identityPasswordLogIn, saveCredentials],
-  );
-
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const returnedFunc = React.useCallback(
     (username: string, password: string) =>
@@ -58,7 +44,7 @@
           if (currentStep.step !== 'inactive') {
             return;
           }
-          const action = identityLogInAction(username, password);
+          const action = identityPasswordLogIn(username, password);
           void dispatchActionPromise(identityLogInActionTypes, action);
           try {
             await action;
@@ -72,7 +58,7 @@
           }
         },
       ),
-    [currentStep, dispatchActionPromise, identityLogInAction],
+    [currentStep, dispatchActionPromise, identityPasswordLogIn],
   );
 
   const keyserverAuth = useKeyserverAuth(authoritativeKeyserverID());
diff --git a/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js b/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js
--- a/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js
+++ b/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@
         this.passwordInputText,
       );
       this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
+      await setNativeCredentials({
+        username: this.usernameInputText,
+        password: this.passwordInputText,
+      });
     } catch (e) {
       const messageForException = getMessageForException(e);
       if (
@@ -435,7 +439,6 @@
 );
 const olmSessionInitializationDataLoadingStatusSelector =
   createLoadingStatusSelector(getOlmSessionInitializationDataActionTypes);
-const identityPasswordLogInInput = { saveCredentials: setNativeCredentials };
 
 const ConnectedLogInPanel: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedLogInPanel(props: BaseProps) {
@@ -452,9 +455,7 @@
 
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const callLegacyLogIn = useLegacyLogIn();
-    const callIdentityPasswordLogIn = usePasswordLogIn(
-      identityPasswordLogInInput,
-    );
+    const callIdentityPasswordLogIn = usePasswordLogIn();
     const getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage =
       useInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage(authoritativeKeyserverID);
 
diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
       +step: 'identity_registration_dispatched',
       +clearCachedSelections: () => void,
       +avatarData: ?AvatarData,
+      +credentialsToSave: ?{ +username: string, +password: string },
       +resolve: () => void,
       +reject: Error => void,
     }
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
       +step: 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched',
       +clearCachedSelections: () => void,
       +avatarData: ?AvatarData,
+      +credentialsToSave: ?{ +username: string, +password: string },
       +resolve: () => void,
       +reject: Error => void,
     };
@@ -97,16 +99,11 @@
     ) => {
       const identityRegisterPromise = (async () => {
         try {
-          const result = await callIdentityPasswordRegister(
+          return await callIdentityPasswordRegister(
             accountSelection.username,
             accountSelection.password,
             farcasterID,
           );
-          await setNativeCredentials({
-            username: accountSelection.username,
-            password: accountSelection.password,
-          });
-          return result;
         } catch (e) {
           if (e.message === 'username reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
@@ -149,7 +146,7 @@
       const extraInfo = await logInExtraInfo();
       const keyserverRegisterPromise = (async () => {
         try {
-          const result = await callKeyserverRegister(
+          return await callKeyserverRegister(
             {
               ...extraInfo,
               username: accountSelection.username,
@@ -159,11 +156,6 @@
               urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
             },
           );
-          await setNativeCredentials({
-            username: result.currentUserInfo.username,
-            password: accountSelection.password,
-          });
-          return result;
         } catch (e) {
           if (e.message === 'username_reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
@@ -277,10 +269,18 @@
             if (siweBackupSecrets) {
               await commCoreModule.setSIWEBackupSecrets(siweBackupSecrets);
             }
+            const credentialsToSave =
+              accountSelection.accountType === 'username'
+                ? {
+                    username: accountSelection.username,
+                    password: accountSelection.password,
+                  }
+                : null;
             setCurrentStep({
               step: 'identity_registration_dispatched',
               avatarData,
               clearCachedSelections,
+              credentialsToSave,
               resolve,
               reject,
             });
@@ -320,7 +320,13 @@
       return;
     }
     registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = true;
-    const { avatarData, clearCachedSelections, resolve, reject } = currentStep;
+    const {
+      avatarData,
+      clearCachedSelections,
+      credentialsToSave,
+      resolve,
+      reject,
+    } = currentStep;
     void (async () => {
       try {
         await keyserverAuth({
@@ -335,6 +341,7 @@
           step: 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched',
           avatarData,
           clearCachedSelections,
+          credentialsToSave,
           resolve,
           reject,
         });
@@ -366,7 +373,8 @@
       return;
     }
     avatarBeingSetRef.current = true;
-    const { avatarData, resolve, clearCachedSelections } = currentStep;
+    const { avatarData, resolve, clearCachedSelections, credentialsToSave } =
+      currentStep;
     void (async () => {
       try {
         if (!avatarData) {
@@ -391,6 +399,9 @@
           },
         });
         clearCachedSelections();
+        if (credentialsToSave) {
+          void setNativeCredentials(credentialsToSave);
+        }
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
         avatarBeingSetRef.current = false;
         resolve();