diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py
index ed05e1f253..7413b5a0bd 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/weibo.py
@@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ def _init(self):
     def request(self, url, **kwargs):
         response = Extractor.request(self, url, **kwargs)
 
-        if response.history and "passport.weibo.com" in response.url:
-            self._sina_visitor_system(response)
-            response = Extractor.request(self, url, **kwargs)
+        if response.history:
+            if "login.sina.com" in response.url:
+                raise exception.StopExtraction(
+                    "HTTP redirect to login page (%s)",
+                    response.url.partition("?")[0])
+            if "passport.weibo.com" in response.url:
+                self._sina_visitor_system(response)
+                response = Extractor.request(self, url, **kwargs)
 
         return response