diff --git a/lib/channel.js b/lib/channel.js
index c980ab12..d2c3ffdf 100644
--- a/lib/channel.js
+++ b/lib/channel.js
@@ -2857,7 +2857,13 @@ Channel.prototype.handleChat = function (user, data) {
         user.socket.emit("chatCooldown", 1000 / this.opts.chat_antiflood_params.sustained);
     }
 
-    if (smuted) {
+    if (muted) {
+        user.socket.emit("noflood", {
+            action: "chat",
+            msg: "You have been muted on this channel."
+        });
+        return;
+    } else if (smuted) {
         msg = XSS.sanitizeText(msg);
         msg = this.filterMessage(msg);
         var msgobj = {