diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
index c7ba2d4a11..12935a5ffe 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIAccess.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
                         // The Success callback event is fired on the main thread, so we should wait for that to run before proceeding.
                         // Without this, we will end up circulating this Connecting loop multiple times and queueing up many web requests
                         // before actually going online.
-                        while (State > APIState.Offline)
+                        while (State > APIState.Offline && State < APIState.Online)
                             Thread.Sleep(500);
 
                         break;