diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/BtLEQueue.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/BtLEQueue.java
index 78280d09..fc7358a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/BtLEQueue.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/BtLEQueue.java
@@ -221,7 +221,11 @@ public final class BtLEQueue {
     private boolean maybeReconnect() {
         if (mAutoReconnect && mBluetoothGatt != null) {
             LOG.info("Enabling automatic ble reconnect...");
-            return mBluetoothGatt.connect();
+            boolean result = mBluetoothGatt.connect();
+            if (result) {
+                setDeviceConnectionState(State.WAITING_FOR_RECONNECT);
+            }
+            return result;
         }
         return false;
     }