diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard_sso/src/emqx_dashboard_sso_manager.erl b/apps/emqx_dashboard_sso/src/emqx_dashboard_sso_manager.erl
index 43ebbfa72..afa27cb47 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard_sso/src/emqx_dashboard_sso_manager.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard_sso/src/emqx_dashboard_sso_manager.erl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ delete(Backend) ->
 lookup_state(Backend) ->
     case ets:lookup(dashboard_sso, Backend) of
         [Data] ->
-            Data;
+            Data#dashboard_sso.state;
         [] ->
             undefined
     end.