diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 0d1f61b1237..d8cbdc3fb7d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   has_one :user_option, dependent: :destroy
   has_one :user_avatar, dependent: :destroy
-  has_one :primary_email, -> { where(primary: true)  }, class_name: 'UserEmail', dependent: :destroy, autosave: true
+  has_one :primary_email, -> { where(primary: true)  }, class_name: 'UserEmail', dependent: :destroy, autosave: true, validate: false
   has_one :user_stat, dependent: :destroy
   has_one :user_profile, dependent: :destroy, inverse_of: :user
   has_one :single_sign_on_record, dependent: :destroy
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 77bf74e7012..fce64e2cdea 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe User do
           user.email = 'test@gmailcom'
 
           expect(user).to_not be_valid
-          expect(user.errors.messages).to include(:primary_email)
+          expect(user.errors.messages.keys).to contain_exactly(:primary_email)
         end
       end