diff --git a/ayon_api/_api.py b/ayon_api/_api.py
index e7af02f25..acdd838d9 100644
--- a/ayon_api/_api.py
+++ b/ayon_api/_api.py
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ def get_user_by_name(
 def get_user(
     username: str | None = None,
     own_attributes: bool = False,
+    fill_attrib: bool = True,
 ) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
     """Get user info using REST endpoint.
 
@@ -878,6 +879,9 @@ def get_user(
         own_attributes (bool): Fill 'own_attributes' with
             attribute values that are explicitly set on user, other
             attributes have 'None' value.
+        fill_attrib (bool): Fill missing attributes in 'attrib' with their
+            default values. Requires an additional request for user
+            attributes. Use 'False' when attributes are not needed.
 
     Returns:
         dict[str, Any] | None: User info or None if user is not
@@ -888,6 +892,7 @@ def get_user(
     return con.get_user(
         username=username,
         own_attributes=own_attributes,
+        fill_attrib=fill_attrib,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/ayon_api/_api_helpers/base.py b/ayon_api/_api_helpers/base.py
index 6110b5e0d..28b9798c0 100644
--- a/ayon_api/_api_helpers/base.py
+++ b/ayon_api/_api_helpers/base.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def get_user(
         self,
         username: Optional[str] = None,
         own_attributes: bool = False,
+        fill_attrib: bool = True,
     ) -> Optional[dict[str, Any]]:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
diff --git a/ayon_api/_api_helpers/workfiles.py b/ayon_api/_api_helpers/workfiles.py
index 67991da54..0278c60f7 100644
--- a/ayon_api/_api_helpers/workfiles.py
+++ b/ayon_api/_api_helpers/workfiles.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def create_workfile_entity(
 
         major, minor, patch, _, _ = self.get_server_version_tuple()
         if (major, minor, patch) < (1, 1, 3):
-            user = self.get_user()
+            user = self.get_user(fill_attrib=False)
             username = user["name"]
             create_data["createdBy"] = username
             create_data["updatedBy"] = username
diff --git a/ayon_api/server_api.py b/ayon_api/server_api.py
index 41ac0eaf9..999a2f55b 100644
--- a/ayon_api/server_api.py
+++ b/ayon_api/server_api.py
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ def get_user(
         self,
         username: str | None = None,
         own_attributes: bool = False,
+        fill_attrib: bool = True,
     ) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
         """Get user info using REST endpoint.
 
@@ -1269,6 +1270,9 @@ def get_user(
             own_attributes (bool): Fill 'own_attributes' with
                 attribute values that are explicitly set on user, other
                 attributes have 'None' value.
+            fill_attrib (bool): Fill missing attributes in 'attrib' with their
+                default values. Requires an additional request for user
+                attributes. Use 'False' when attributes are not needed.
 
         Returns:
             dict[str, Any] | None: User info or None if user is not
@@ -1284,9 +1288,10 @@ def get_user(
             response.raise_for_status()
             user = response.data
 
-        attributes = self.get_attributes_for_type("user")
-        for attr_name, attr_data in attributes.items():
-            user["attrib"].setdefault(attr_name, attr_data["default"])
+        if fill_attrib:
+            attributes = self.get_attributes_for_type("user")
+            for attr_name, attr_data in attributes.items():
+                user["attrib"].setdefault(attr_name, attr_data["default"])
 
         # NOTE 'ownAttrib' is always filled for backwards compatibility
         fill_own_attribs(user)
@@ -1372,7 +1377,7 @@ def login(
         """
         if self.has_valid_token:
             try:
-                user_info = self.get_user()
+                user_info = self.get_user(fill_attrib=False)
             except UnauthorizedError:
                 user_info = {}
 
diff --git a/tests/test_get_user_attrib.py b/tests/test_get_user_attrib.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee572a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_get_user_attrib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""'get_user' fills default attribute values only if 'fill_attrib' is 'True'.
+
+Does not require running AYON server.
+"""
+import pytest
+
+from ayon_api.server_api import ServerAPI
+from ayon_api.utils import RestApiResponse
+
+
+class FakeResponse:
+    status_code = 200
+
+    def raise_for_status(self):
+        pass
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def con(monkeypatch):
+    con = ServerAPI("http://localhost:0", create_session=False)
+    requested = []
+
+    def get(entrypoint, **kwargs):
+        requested.append(entrypoint)
+        return RestApiResponse(FakeResponse(), {
+            "name": "artist",
+            "attrib": {"email": "artist@example.com"},
+            "ownAttrib": ["email"],
+        })
+
+    def get_attributes_for_type(entity_type):
+        requested.append(f"attributes/{entity_type}")
+        return {
+            "email": {"default": None},
+            "fullName": {"default": ""},
+        }
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(con, "get", get)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        con, "get_attributes_for_type", get_attributes_for_type
+    )
+    con.requested = requested
+    return con
+
+
+def test_get_user_fills_default_attributes(con):
+    user = con.get_user("artist")
+    assert con.requested == ["users/artist", "attributes/user"]
+    assert user["attrib"] == {
+        "email": "artist@example.com",
+        "fullName": "",
+    }
+
+
+def test_get_user_without_attributes(con):
+    user = con.get_user("artist", fill_attrib=False)
+    assert con.requested == ["users/artist"]
+    assert user["name"] == "artist"
+    assert user["attrib"] == {"email": "artist@example.com"}
+    assert "own_attributes" not in user
+
+
+def test_get_user_without_attributes_own_attributes(con):
+    user = con.get_user("artist", own_attributes=True, fill_attrib=False)
+    assert con.requested == ["users/artist"]
+    assert user["own_attributes"] == {"email": "artist@example.com"}