[1.7.x] Fixed #22771 -- Fixed test.Client.logout when using custom auth backend.

Backport of 50b9313e0a from master

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/django/test/client.py b/django/test/client.py
index 9513dcd809..22c7b18b07 100644
--- a/django/test/client.py
+++ b/django/test/client.py
@@ -587,16 +587,13 @@ class Client(RequestFactory):
 
         Causes the authenticated user to be logged out.
         """
-        from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model, logout
+        from django.contrib.auth import get_user, logout
 
         request = HttpRequest()
         engine = import_module(settings.SESSION_ENGINE)
-        UserModel = get_user_model()
         if self.session:
             request.session = self.session
-            uid = self.session.get("_auth_user_id")
-            if uid:
-                request.user = UserModel._default_manager.get(pk=uid)
+            request.user = get_user(request)
         else:
             request.session = engine.SessionStore()
         logout(request)