diff --git a/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js b/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js
index c74f6ed6e3..7818496e71 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ export default createReactClass({
                         dis.dispatch({action: 'start_login'});
                     } else {
                         this.setState({
+                            serverErrorIsFatal: true, // fatal because user cannot continue on this server
                             errorText: _t("Registration has been disabled on this homeserver."),
                             // add empty flows array to get rid of spinner
                             flows: [],