diff --git a/modules.local/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/RequestData.php b/modules.local/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/RequestData.php
index 100741594..e85132895 100644
--- a/modules.local/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/RequestData.php
+++ b/modules.local/ppcp-button/src/Endpoint/RequestData.php
@@ -13,18 +13,33 @@ class RequestData
     {
         $stream = file_get_contents('php://input');
         $json = json_decode($stream, true);
+        add_filter('nonce_user_logged_out', array($this, 'nonceFix'), 100);
         if (
             ! isset($json['nonce'])
             || !wp_verify_nonce($json['nonce'], $nonce)
         ) {
+            remove_filter('nonce_user_logged_out', array($this, 'nonceFix'), 100);
             throw new RuntimeException(
                 __('Could not validate nonce.', 'woocommerce-paypal-commerce-gateway')
             );
         }
+        remove_filter('nonce_user_logged_out', array($this, 'nonceFix'), 100);
 
         return $this->sanitize($json);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * woocommerce will give you a customer object on your 2nd request. the first page
+     * load will not yet have this customer object, but the ajax request will. Therefore
+     * the nonce validation will fail. this fixes this problem:
+     *
+     * @wp-hook nonce_user_logged_out
+     * @see https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/69e3835041113bee80379c1037e97e26815a699b/includes/class-wc-session-handler.php#L288-L296     * @return int
+     */
+    public function nonceFix() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     private function sanitize(array $assocArray): array
     {
         $data = [];