diff --git a/Tools/autotest/common.py b/Tools/autotest/common.py
index 84c0dca3ed..a76861ea08 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/common.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/common.py
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ class AutoTest(ABC):
             try:
                 this = mav.recv(1000000)
             except Exception:
-                mav.autoreconnect = True
+                mav.autoreconnect = old_autoreconnect
                 raise
             if len(this) == 0:
                 break