diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 3879f3fd38123ea4079fb77220a7486683346f75..6a1e5fd52e70eff22a6262a4e2219e1105b6f0d7 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     @reset_token
   end
 
+  def recently_sent_password_reset?
+    reset_password_sent_at.present? && reset_password_sent_at >= 1.minute.ago
+  end
+
   def disable_two_factor!
     update_attributes(
       two_factor_enabled:        false,
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 480950859a29391485d424e9d31875077031f32d..b45c78f38decbad7565b268dc5cf8467ae00937b 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -227,6 +227,26 @@ describe User do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'recently_sent_password_reset?' do
+    it 'is false when reset_password_sent_at is nil' do
+      user = build_stubbed(:user, reset_password_sent_at: nil)
+
+      expect(user.recently_sent_password_reset?).to eq false
+    end
+
+    it 'is false when sent more than one minute ago' do
+      user = build_stubbed(:user, reset_password_sent_at: 5.minutes.ago)
+
+      expect(user.recently_sent_password_reset?).to eq false
+    end
+
+    it 'is true when sent less than one minute ago' do
+      user = build_stubbed(:user, reset_password_sent_at: Time.now)
+
+      expect(user.recently_sent_password_reset?).to eq true
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#disable_two_factor!' do
     it 'clears all 2FA-related fields' do
       user = create(:user, :two_factor)