diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
index cab0fb9d537..1ef2fac1627 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
@@ -609,7 +609,6 @@ EVENT is the message received from the closed connection process."
            ;; otherwise go through the full spectrum of checks:
            (and erc-server-auto-reconnect
                 (not erc-server-banned)
-                (not erc-server-error-occurred)
                 ;; make sure we don't infinitely try to reconnect, unless the
                 ;; user wants that
                 (or (eq erc-server-reconnect-attempts t)