diff --git a/ietf/secr/utils/decorators.py b/ietf/secr/utils/decorators.py
index 1686258e6..969e4627e 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/utils/decorators.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseForbidden
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404
 from django.utils.http import urlquote
@@ -65,7 +66,11 @@ def check_permissions(func):
             session = slide.session_set.all()[0]
             group = session.group
 
-        login = request.user.person
+        try:
+            login = request.user.person
+        except ObjectDoesNotExist:
+            return HttpResponseForbidden("User not authorized to access group: %s" % group.acronym)
+            
         groups = [group]
         if group.parent:
             groups.append(group.parent)
diff --git a/ready-for-merge b/ready-for-merge
index 01dc447e2..85691c0b5 100644
--- a/ready-for-merge
+++ b/ready-for-merge
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # --- Add entries at the top ---
 
-personal/lars/6.0.2.dev0@9526
+personal/lars/6.0.2.dev0@9523:9526
 personal/willem/v5.12.4.dev0@9316
 branch/iola/facelift-r8876@8970		Test crawler speed-up
 branch/iola/facelift-r8510@8733