diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java
index d107f9aa22..8ee72cf3fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider
 
 	private UserDetailsChecker postAuthenticationChecks = new DefaultPostAuthenticationChecks();
 
+	private boolean alwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser = true;
+
 	private GrantedAuthoritiesMapper authoritiesMapper = new NullAuthoritiesMapper();
 
 	/**
@@ -146,8 +148,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider
 			Assert.notNull(user, "retrieveUser returned null - a violation of the interface contract");
 		}
 		try {
-			this.preAuthenticationChecks.check(user);
-			additionalAuthenticationChecks(user, (UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
+			performPreCheck(user, (UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
 		}
 		catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
 			if (!cacheWasUsed) {
@@ -157,8 +158,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider
 			// we're using latest data (i.e. not from the cache)
 			cacheWasUsed = false;
 			user = retrieveUser(username, (UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
-			this.preAuthenticationChecks.check(user);
-			additionalAuthenticationChecks(user, (UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
+			performPreCheck(user, (UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) authentication);
 		}
 		this.postAuthenticationChecks.check(user);
 		if (!cacheWasUsed) {
@@ -171,6 +171,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider
 		return createSuccessAuthentication(principalToReturn, authentication, user);
 	}
 
+	private void performPreCheck(UserDetails user, UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authentication) {
+		try {
+			this.preAuthenticationChecks.check(user);
+		}
+		catch (AuthenticationException ex) {
+			if (!this.alwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser) {
+				throw ex;
+			}
+			try {
+				additionalAuthenticationChecks(user, authentication);
+			}
+			catch (AuthenticationException ignored) {
+				// preserve the original failed check
+			}
+			throw ex;
+		}
+		additionalAuthenticationChecks(user, authentication);
+	}
+
 	private String determineUsername(Authentication authentication) {
 		return (authentication.getPrincipal() == null) ? "NONE_PROVIDED" : authentication.getName();
 	}
@@ -313,6 +332,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractUserDetailsAuthenticationProvider
 		this.postAuthenticationChecks = postAuthenticationChecks;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set whether to always perform the additional checks on the user, even if the
+	 * pre-authentication checks fail. This is useful to ensure that regardless of the
+	 * state of the user account, authentication takes the same amount of time to
+	 * complete.
+	 *
+	 * <p>
+	 * For applications that rely on the additional checks running only once should set
+	 * this value to {@code false}
+	 * @param alwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser
+	 * @since 5.7.23
+	 */
+	public void setAlwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser(boolean alwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser) {
+		this.alwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser = alwaysPerformAdditionalChecksOnUser;
+	}
+
 	public void setAuthoritiesMapper(GrantedAuthoritiesMapper authoritiesMapper) {
 		this.authoritiesMapper = authoritiesMapper;
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/DaoAuthenticationProviderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/DaoAuthenticationProviderTests.java
index 36a5d3bcb9..24cbe3b332 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/DaoAuthenticationProviderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/dao/DaoAuthenticationProviderTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledIfSystemProperty;
 
 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataRetrievalFailureException;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.PasswordEncodedUser;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsChecker;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsPasswordService;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.isA;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.willThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -452,12 +455,10 @@ public class DaoAuthenticationProviderTests {
 		assertThat(daoAuthenticationProvider.getPasswordEncoder()).isSameAs(NoOpPasswordEncoder.getInstance());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * This is an explicit test for SEC-2056. It is intentionally ignored since this test
-	 * is not deterministic and {@link #testUserNotFoundEncodesPassword()} ensures that
-	 * SEC-2056 is fixed.
-	 */
-	public void IGNOREtestSec2056() {
+	// SEC-2056
+	@Test
+	@EnabledIfSystemProperty(named = "spring.security.timing-tests", matches = "true")
+	public void testSec2056() {
 		UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken foundUser = UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated("rod",
 				"koala");
 		UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken notFoundUser = UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken
@@ -491,6 +492,41 @@ public class DaoAuthenticationProviderTests {
 			.isTrue();
 	}
 
+	// related to SEC-2056
+	@Test
+	@EnabledIfSystemProperty(named = "spring.security.timing-tests", matches = "true")
+	public void testDisabledUserTiming() {
+		UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken user = UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.unauthenticated("rod", "koala");
+		PasswordEncoder encoder = new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
+		DaoAuthenticationProvider provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
+		provider.setPasswordEncoder(encoder);
+		MockUserDetailsServiceUserRod users = new MockUserDetailsServiceUserRod();
+		users.password = encoder.encode((CharSequence) user.getCredentials());
+		provider.setUserDetailsService(users);
+		int sampleSize = 100;
+		List<Long> enabledTimes = new ArrayList<>(sampleSize);
+		for (int i = 0; i < sampleSize; i++) {
+			long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			provider.authenticate(user);
+			enabledTimes.add(System.currentTimeMillis() - start);
+		}
+		UserDetailsChecker preChecks = mock(UserDetailsChecker.class);
+		willThrow(new DisabledException("User is disabled")).given(preChecks).check(any(UserDetails.class));
+		provider.setPreAuthenticationChecks(preChecks);
+		List<Long> disabledTimes = new ArrayList<>(sampleSize);
+		for (int i = 0; i < sampleSize; i++) {
+			long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			assertThatExceptionOfType(DisabledException.class).isThrownBy(() -> provider.authenticate(user));
+			disabledTimes.add(System.currentTimeMillis() - start);
+		}
+		double enabledAvg = avg(enabledTimes);
+		double disabledAvg = avg(disabledTimes);
+		assertThat(Math.abs(disabledAvg - enabledAvg) <= 3)
+			.withFailMessage("Disabled user average " + disabledAvg + " should be within 3ms of enabled user average "
+					+ enabledAvg)
+			.isTrue();
+	}
+
 	private double avg(List<Long> counts) {
 		return counts.stream().mapToLong(Long::longValue).average().orElse(0);
 	}