diff --git a/engine/client/cl_main.c b/engine/client/cl_main.c
index f1fc316f..a732208d 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_main.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ void CL_WritePacket( void )
 		newcmds = ( cls.netchan.outgoing_sequence - cls.lastoutgoingcommand );
 
 		// put an upper/lower bound on this
-		newcmds = bound( 0, newcmds, MAX_TOTAL_CMDS );
+		newcmds = bound( 0, newcmds, cls.legacymode?MAX_LEGACY_TOTAL_CMDS:MAX_TOTAL_CMDS );
 		if( cls.state == ca_connected ) newcmds = 0;
 	
 		MSG_WriteByte( &buf, newcmds );
diff --git a/engine/common/protocol.h b/engine/common/protocol.h
index 559652ee..4e9e54ee 100644
--- a/engine/common/protocol.h
+++ b/engine/common/protocol.h
@@ -260,5 +260,6 @@ extern const char	*clc_strings[clc_lastmsg+1];
 #define MAX_LEGACY_WEAPON_BITS		5
 #define MAX_LEGACY_MODEL_BITS 11
 #define MAX_LEGACY_SERVERS	32
+#define MAX_LEGACY_TOTAL_CMDS 28 // magic number from old engine's sv_client.c
 
 #endif//NET_PROTOCOL_H