diff --git a/app/controllers/robots_txt_controller.rb b/app/controllers/robots_txt_controller.rb
index 785cc8646c6..e494596dc30 100644
--- a/app/controllers/robots_txt_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/robots_txt_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class RobotsTxtController < ApplicationController
   layout false
   skip_before_filter :check_xhr
+  skip_before_filter :check_restricted_access
 
   def index
     path = if SiteSetting.allow_index_in_robots_txt && !SiteSetting.restrict_access