diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index 1ef407c3b98..84b4227ccfc 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ func verifyAuthWithOptionsWeb(options *common.VerifyOptions) func(ctx *context.C
 						ctx.HTTPError(http.StatusUnauthorized, ctx.Locale.TrString("auth.must_change_password"))
 						return
 					}
-					middleware.SetRedirectToCookie(ctx.Resp, setting.AppSubURL+ctx.Req.URL.RequestURI())
 					ctx.Redirect(setting.AppSubURL + "/user/settings/change_password")
 					return
 				}
diff --git a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
index 65816badcca..5bceda34840 100644
--- a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 	<div class="navbar-right">
 		{{if and .IsSigned .MustChangePassword}}
 			<div class="ui dropdown jump item" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "user_profile_and_more"}}">
-				<span class="text">
-					{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .SignedUser 24 "tw-mr-1"}}
+				<span class="flex-text-block">
+					{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .SignedUser 24}}
 					<span class="only-mobile">{{.SignedUser.Name}}</span>
 					<span class="not-mobile flex-text-block">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down"}}</span>
 				</span>
diff --git a/templates/base/head_navbar_icons.tmpl b/templates/base/head_navbar_icons.tmpl
index 7a88650c0e5..09543efc5c7 100644
--- a/templates/base/head_navbar_icons.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head_navbar_icons.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{- $itemExtraClass := .ItemExtraClass -}}
 {{- $data := .PageGlobalData -}}
-{{if and $data $data.IsSigned}}{{/* data may not exist, for example: rendering 503 page before the PageGlobalData middleware */}}
+{{if and $data $data.IsSigned (not ctx.RootData.MustChangePassword)}}{{/* data may not exist, for example: rendering 503 page before the PageGlobalData middleware */}}
 	{{- $activeStopwatch := call $data.GetActiveStopwatch -}}
 	{{- $notificationUnreadCount := call $data.GetNotificationUnreadCount -}}
 	{{/* always rendered so a real-time push can reveal it without a reload */}}