diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py
index 0b64ea3b..3eacf1a8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ class PatreonExtractor(Extractor):
     _warning = True
 
     def _init(self):
-        self.session.headers["User-Agent"] = \
-            "Patreon/72.2.28 (Android; Android 14; Scale/2.10)"
-        if self._warning:
-            if not self.cookies_check(("session_id",)):
+        if self.cookies_check(("session_id",)):
+            self.session.headers["User-Agent"] = \
+                "Patreon/72.2.28 (Android; Android 14; Scale/2.10)"
+        else:
+            if self._warning:
+                PatreonExtractor._warning = False
                 self.log.warning("no 'session_id' cookie set")
-            PatreonExtractor._warning = False
+            self.session.headers["User-Agent"] = \
+                "Patreon/7.6.28 (Android; Android 11; Scale/2.10)"
 
     def items(self):
         generators = self._build_file_generators(self.config("files"))