-    my $value = SL::Auth::SessionValue->new(auth         => $self,
-                                            key          => $ref->{sess_key},
-                                            value        => $ref->{sess_value},
-                                            auto_restore => $ref->{auto_restore},
-                                            raw          => 1);
-    $self->{SESSION}->{ $ref->{sess_key} } = $value;
-
-    next if defined $::form->{$ref->{sess_key}};
-
-    my $data                    = $value->get;
-    $::form->{$ref->{sess_key}} = $data if $value->{auto_restore} || !ref $data;
+    if ($ref->{auto_restore} || $auto_restore_keys{$ref->{sess_key}}) {
+      my $value = SL::Auth::SessionValue->new(auth         => $self,
+                                              key          => $ref->{sess_key},
+                                              value        => $ref->{sess_value},
+                                              auto_restore => $ref->{auto_restore},
+                                              raw          => 1);
+      $self->{SESSION}->{ $ref->{sess_key} } = $value;
+
+      next if defined $::form->{$ref->{sess_key}};
+
+      my $data                    = $value->get;
+      $::form->{$ref->{sess_key}} = $data if $value->{auto_restore} || !ref $data;
+    } else {
+      my $value = SL::Auth::SessionValue->new(auth => $self,
+                                              key  => $ref->{sess_key});
+      $self->{SESSION}->{ $ref->{sess_key} } = $value;
+    }