diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8fbd0341..5bf1bcbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Fixed being unable to disable `First Message` highlights (#3293)
 - Bugfix: Fixed `First Message` custom sound not persisting through restart. (#3303)
 - Bugfix: Fixed `First Message` scrollbar highlights not being disabled. (#3325)
+- Bugfix: Fixed the reconnection backoff accidentally resetting when thrown out of certain IRC servers. (#3328)
 - Bugfix: Fixed underlying text from disabled emotes not being colorized properly. (#3333)
 - Dev: Add GitHub action to test builds without precompiled headers enabled. (#3327)
 - Dev: Renamed CMake's build option `USE_SYSTEM_QT5KEYCHAIN` to `USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN`. (#3103)
diff --git a/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.cpp b/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.cpp
index ff52fa84..152d71a2 100644
--- a/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ IrcConnection::IrcConnection(QObject *parent)
 
     QObject::connect(this, &Communi::IrcConnection::messageReceived,
                      [this](Communi::IrcMessage *message) {
-                         // This connection is probably still alive
                          this->recentlyReceivedMessage_ = true;
-                         this->reconnectBackoff_.reset();
+
+                         if (message->command() == "372")  // MOTD
+                         {
+                             this->reconnectBackoff_.reset();
+                         }
                      });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.hpp b/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.hpp
index d3426c02..261d172f 100644
--- a/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/irc/IrcConnection2.hpp
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ private:
     QTimer reconnectTimer_;
     std::atomic<bool> recentlyReceivedMessage_{true};
 
-    // Reconnect with a base delay of 1 second and max out at 1 second * (2^4) (i.e. 16 seconds)
-    ExponentialBackoff<4> reconnectBackoff_{std::chrono::milliseconds{1000}};
+    // Reconnect with a base delay of 1 second and max out at 1 second * (2^(5-1)) (i.e. 16 seconds)
+    ExponentialBackoff<5> reconnectBackoff_{std::chrono::milliseconds{1000}};
 
     std::atomic<bool> expectConnectionLoss_{false};