diff --git a/src/d_netcmd.c b/src/d_netcmd.c
index 811d487149797fc927e7e4ba9c1aef6b7544a927..cdad2e6c2bcc7bb25d6339359aeef09620cabc93 100644
--- a/src/d_netcmd.c
+++ b/src/d_netcmd.c
@@ -2369,6 +2369,7 @@ void D_SetupVote(void)
 	}
 	WRITEUINT8(p, gt);
 	WRITEUINT8(p, secondgt);
+	gt       &= ~0x80;
 	secondgt &= ~0x80;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)