diff --git a/app/modules/mqtt.c b/app/modules/mqtt.c
index 7ab49146..5e959613 100644
--- a/app/modules/mqtt.c
+++ b/app/modules/mqtt.c
@@ -1328,10 +1328,8 @@ static int mqtt_socket_connect( lua_State* L )
 
   if ( (stack<=top) && lua_isnumber(L, stack) )
   {
+    platform_print_deprecation_note("autoreconnect is deprecated", "in the next version");
     auto_reconnect = lua_tointeger(L, stack);
-    if ( auto_reconnect == RECONNECT_POSSIBLE ) {
-      platform_print_deprecation_note("autoreconnect == 1 is deprecated", "in the next version");
-    }
     stack++;
     if ( auto_reconnect != RECONNECT_OFF && auto_reconnect != RECONNECT_POSSIBLE ){
       auto_reconnect = RECONNECT_OFF; // default to 0