diff --git a/selfservice/flow/recovery/error.go b/selfservice/flow/recovery/error.go
index 975d8e3e0079..1b884dafbe5f 100644
--- a/selfservice/flow/recovery/error.go
+++ b/selfservice/flow/recovery/error.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	ErrHookAbortFlow   = errors.New("aborted recovery hook execution")
-	ErrAlreadyLoggedIn = herodot.ErrBadRequest.WithReason("A valid session was detected and thus recovery is not possible.")
+	ErrAlreadyLoggedIn = herodot.ErrBadRequest.WithID(text.ErrIDAlreadyLoggedIn).WithReason("A valid session was detected and thus recovery is not possible.")
 )
 
 type (
diff --git a/selfservice/flow/recovery/handler_test.go b/selfservice/flow/recovery/handler_test.go
index a2d6091f2bf5..37bf25f2e991 100644
--- a/selfservice/flow/recovery/handler_test.go
+++ b/selfservice/flow/recovery/handler_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/internal"
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/internal/testhelpers"
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/selfservice/flow/recovery"
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/text"
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/x"
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func TestHandlerRedirectOnAuthenticated(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("does redirect to default on authenticated request", func(t *testing.T) {
 		body, res := testhelpers.MockMakeAuthenticatedRequest(t, reg, conf, router.Router, x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "GET", ts.URL+recovery.RouteInitAPIFlow, nil))
 		assert.Contains(t, res.Request.URL.String(), recovery.RouteInitAPIFlow)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, text.ErrIDAlreadyLoggedIn, gjson.GetBytes(body, "error.id").Str)
 		assertx.EqualAsJSON(t, recovery.ErrAlreadyLoggedIn, json.RawMessage(gjson.GetBytes(body, "error").Raw))
 	})
 }