diff --git a/engine/server/sv_client.c b/engine/server/sv_client.c
index fa558eb5..089e61e8 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_client.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_client.c
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ static void SV_ConnectClient( netadr_t from )
 {
 	char userinfo[MAX_INFO_STRING];
 	char protinfo[MAX_INFO_STRING];
-	char physinfo[MAX_INFO_STRING];
 	client_frame_t *frames;
 	sv_client_t *newcl = NULL;
 	int qport, version;
@@ -416,12 +415,20 @@ static void SV_ConnectClient( netadr_t from )
 	frames = Mem_Realloc( host.mempool, newcl->frames, sizeof( client_frame_t ) * SV_UPDATE_BACKUP );
 	memset( frames, 0, sizeof( client_frame_t ) * SV_UPDATE_BACKUP );
 	SV_ClearResourceLists( newcl );
-	memcpy( physinfo, newcl->physinfo, sizeof( physinfo ));
 
-	memset( newcl, 0, sizeof( *newcl ));
+	// a1ba: preserve physinfo and viewent as it's set by game logic before client connect!
+	{
+		char physinfo[MAX_INFO_STRING];
+		edict_t *viewent = newcl->pViewEntity;
+
+		memcpy( physinfo, newcl->physinfo, sizeof( physinfo ));
+
+		memset( newcl, 0, sizeof( *newcl ));
+
+		memcpy( newcl->physinfo, physinfo, sizeof( newcl->physinfo ));
+		newcl->pViewEntity = viewent;
+	}
 
-	// a1ba: preserve physinfo as it's set by game logic, before client connect!
-	memcpy( newcl->physinfo, physinfo, sizeof( newcl->physinfo ));
 	newcl->edict = EDICT_NUM(( newcl - svs.clients ) + 1 );
 	newcl->frames = frames;
 	newcl->userid = g_userid++;	// create unique userid