diff --git a/lib/private/Session/CryptoSessionData.php b/lib/private/Session/CryptoSessionData.php
index 67199aa233788..4aa733872beef 100644
--- a/lib/private/Session/CryptoSessionData.php
+++ b/lib/private/Session/CryptoSessionData.php
@@ -58,19 +58,19 @@ protected function initializeSession() {
 					512,
 					JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR,
 				);
-			} catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
-				// Even though this might be critical in general, we are automatically trying again and will likely succeed.
-				// We only log to info to not spam the logs with a well-known problem the admin cannot do anything about.
-				// See https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/42157
-				logger('core')->info('Could not decrypt or decode encrypted session data', [
-					'exception' => $e,
-				]);
-				$this->sessionValues = [];
-				$this->regenerateId(true, false);
 			} catch (\Exception $e) {
-				logger('core')->critical('Could not decrypt or decode encrypted session data', [
-					'exception' => $e,
-				]);
+				if ($e instanceof \RuntimeException) {
+					// Even though this might be critical in general, we are automatically trying again and will likely succeed.
+					// We only log to info to not spam the logs with a well-known problem the admin cannot do anything about.
+					// See https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/42157
+					logger('core')->info('Could not decrypt or decode encrypted session data', [
+						'exception' => $e,
+					]);
+				} else {
+					logger('core')->critical('Could not decrypt or decode encrypted session data', [
+						'exception' => $e,
+					]);
+				}
 				$this->sessionValues = [];
 				$this->regenerateId(true, false);
 			}