diff --git a/web/src/admin/users/UserViewPage.ts b/web/src/admin/users/UserViewPage.ts
index f397be61ba..c10aef94b8 100644
--- a/web/src/admin/users/UserViewPage.ts
+++ b/web/src/admin/users/UserViewPage.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ import "#elements/ak-mdx/ak-mdx";
 import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "#common/api/config";
 import { AKRefreshEvent } from "#common/events";
 import { userTypeToLabel } from "#common/labels";
-import { formatDisambiguatedUserDisplayName, formatUserDisplayName } from "#common/users";
+import {
+    formatDisambiguatedUserDisplayName,
+    formatUserDisplayName,
+    startAccountLockdown,
+} from "#common/users";
 
 import { AKElement } from "#elements/Base";
 import { listen } from "#elements/decorators/listen";
@@ -182,18 +186,7 @@ export class UserViewPage extends WithLicenseSummary(
             return;
         }
 
-        return this.#api
-            .coreUsersAccountLockdownCreate({
-                userAccountLockdownRequest: {
-                    user: this.user.pk,
-                },
-            })
-            .then((response) => {
-                if (response.to) {
-                    window.location.assign(response.to);
-                }
-            })
-            .catch(showAPIErrorMessage);
+        return startAccountLockdown(this.user.pk).catch(showAPIErrorMessage);
     };
 
     protected renderActionButtons(user: User) {
diff --git a/web/src/common/users.ts b/web/src/common/users.ts
index 90214aef72..60bdfd1de2 100644
--- a/web/src/common/users.ts
+++ b/web/src/common/users.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ export function redirectToAuthFlow(nextPathname = "/flows/-/default/authenticati
     window.location.assign(authFlowRedirectURL);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Start account lockdown and follow the returned flow redirect.
+ */
+export async function startAccountLockdown(user?: number): Promise<void> {
+    const response = await new CoreApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG).coreUsersAccountLockdownCreate({
+        userAccountLockdownRequest: user !== undefined ? { user } : {},
+    });
+    if (response.to) {
+        window.location.assign(response.to);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the current user session.
  *
diff --git a/web/src/user/user-settings/UserSettingsPage.ts b/web/src/user/user-settings/UserSettingsPage.ts
index 42ab01517f..94967694f6 100644
--- a/web/src/user/user-settings/UserSettingsPage.ts
+++ b/web/src/user/user-settings/UserSettingsPage.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import "#elements/Tabs";
-import "#elements/forms/ModalForm";
-import "#elements/buttons/ActionButton/ak-action-button";
 import "#elements/user/SessionList";
 import "#elements/user/UserConsentList";
 import "#elements/user/sources/SourceSettings";
@@ -11,6 +9,7 @@ import "#user/user-settings/tokens/UserTokenList";
 
 import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from "#common/api/config";
 import { EVENT_REFRESH } from "#common/constants";
+import { startAccountLockdown } from "#common/users";
 
 import { AKSkipToContent } from "#elements/a11y/ak-skip-to-content";
 import { AKElement } from "#elements/Base";
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ import { ifPresent } from "#elements/utils/attributes";
 
 import Styles from "#user/user-settings/styles.css";
 
-import { CoreApi, StagesApi, UserSetting } from "@goauthentik/api";
+import { StagesApi, UserSetting } from "@goauthentik/api";
 
 import { msg } from "@lit/localize";
 import { CSSResult, html, nothing } from "lit";
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ export class UserSettingsPage extends WithLicenseSummary(WithSession(AKElement))
         Styles,
     ];
 
-    protected coreAPI = new CoreApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
     protected stagesAPI = new StagesApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG);
 
     @state()
@@ -83,16 +81,7 @@ export class UserSettingsPage extends WithLicenseSummary(WithSession(AKElement))
     }
 
     protected lockAccount = () => {
-        return this.coreAPI
-            .coreUsersAccountLockdownCreate({
-                userAccountLockdownRequest: {},
-            })
-            .then((response) => {
-                if (response.to) {
-                    window.location.assign(response.to);
-                }
-            })
-            .catch(showAPIErrorMessage);
+        return startAccountLockdown().catch(showAPIErrorMessage);
     };
 
     protected renderSecuritySettings(): SlottedTemplateResult {