Don't try & check the username if we don't have one (which we won't if it's been saved in the auth layer)

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         if self.hs.config.disable_registration:
             raise SynapseError(403, "Registration has been disabled")
 
+        if desired_username is not None:
             yield self.registration_handler.check_username(desired_username)
 
         if self.hs.config.enable_registration_captcha: