diff --git a/node/IncomingPacket.cpp b/node/IncomingPacket.cpp
index 75827f278..99a1a489a 100644
--- a/node/IncomingPacket.cpp
+++ b/node/IncomingPacket.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ bool IncomingPacket::tryDecode(const RuntimeEnvironment *RR,void *tPtr,int32_t f
 				return true;
 			}
 
+			_authenticated = true;
 			const Packet::Verb v = verb();
 
 			bool r = true;