diff --git a/src/app/User.php b/src/app/User.php
--- a/src/app/User.php
+++ b/src/app/User.php
@@ -628,31 +628,21 @@
      */
     public function setStatusAttribute($status)
     {
-        $new_status = 0;
-
-        $allowed_values = [
-            self::STATUS_NEW,
-            self::STATUS_ACTIVE,
-            self::STATUS_SUSPENDED,
-            self::STATUS_DELETED,
-            self::STATUS_LDAP_READY,
-            self::STATUS_IMAP_READY,
-            self::STATUS_DEGRADED,
-            self::STATUS_RESTRICTED,
-        ];
-
-        foreach ($allowed_values as $value) {
-            if ($status & $value) {
-                $new_status |= $value;
-                $status ^= $value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if ($status > 0) {
+        $bitmask = self::STATUS_NEW |
+            self::STATUS_ACTIVE |
+            self::STATUS_SUSPENDED |
+            self::STATUS_DELETED |
+            self::STATUS_LDAP_READY |
+            self::STATUS_IMAP_READY |
+            self::STATUS_DEGRADED |
+            self::STATUS_RESTRICTED;
+
+        //Detect invalid flags
+        if ($status & ~$bitmask) {
             throw new \Exception("Invalid user status: {$status}");
         }
 
-        $this->attributes['status'] = $new_status;
+        $this->attributes['status'] = $status & $bitmask;
     }
 
     /**