Mac not asking for Password when waking up from Sleep.

Hi. I have a MacBook Pro that recently stopped asking for my password when the screen sleeps... I am concerned about security and would like to have this feature working again.
I have the "Req password to wake..." setting checked in the Security pref pane and I've tried both rebooting as well as resetting the pram with removing the battery & power and holding down the power button.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Have you tried to deselect, restart, then select and restart... see if that works?

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