diff --git a/src/d_clisrv.c b/src/d_clisrv.c
index d6320040f..18165cf37 100644
--- a/src/d_clisrv.c
+++ b/src/d_clisrv.c
@@ -4820,7 +4820,7 @@ static void HandlePacketFromAwayNode(SINT8 node)
 					//Special timeout for when refusing due to player cap. The client will wait 3 seconds between join requests when waiting for a slot, so we need this to be much longer
 					//We set it back to the value of cv_nettimeout.value in CL_Reset
 					connectiontimeout = NEWTICRATE*7;
-					cl_mode = CL_ASKJOIN;
+					cl_mode = CL_SENDKEY;
 					free(reason);
 					break;
 				}