diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py
index 039ac4b2c..e280b1c9f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/dropout.py
@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@ class DropoutIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
-        login_err, webpage = False, ''
-        try:
+
+        webpage = None
+        if self._get_cookies('https://www.dropout.tv').get('_session'):
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        if not webpage or '<div id="watch-unauthorized"' in webpage:
             login_err = self._login(display_id)
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
-        finally:
-            if not login_err:
-                self._download_webpage('https://www.dropout.tv/logout', display_id, note='Logging out', fatal=False)
-            elif '<div id="watch-unauthorized"' in webpage:
+            if login_err and '<div id="watch-unauthorized"' in webpage:
                 if login_err is True:
-                    self.raise_login_required(method='password')
+                    self.raise_login_required(method='any')
                 raise ExtractorError(login_err, expected=True)
 
         embed_url = self._search_regex(r'embed_url:\s*["\'](.+?)["\']', webpage, 'embed url')