diff --git a/plugins/love-resources/src/components/RoomPopup.svelte b/plugins/love-resources/src/components/RoomPopup.svelte
index df32a6e3d7b..ff1d3c7ae8d 100644
--- a/plugins/love-resources/src/components/RoomPopup.svelte
+++ b/plugins/love-resources/src/components/RoomPopup.svelte
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   import ShareScreenButton from './meeting/controls/ShareScreenButton.svelte'
   import LeaveRoomButton from './meeting/controls/LeaveRoomButton.svelte'
   import MeetingHeader from './meeting/MeetingHeader.svelte'
-  import { joinMeeting } from '../meetings'
+  import { joinMeeting, reconnectMeeting } from '../meetings'
 
   export let room: Room
 
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@
 
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
 
+  // A stale record (still "in" the room, but no LiveKit session - e.g. after
+  // a reload mid-call) must re-establish the media, not knock again.
   async function connect (): Promise<void> {
-    await joinMeeting(room)
+    if (joined) {
+      await reconnectMeeting(room)
+    } else {
+      await joinMeeting(room)
+    }
     dispatch('close')
   }
 
@@ -121,7 +127,8 @@
     {/if}
     {#if joined}
       <LeaveRoomButton {room} noLabel={false} size="medium" on:leave={() => dispatch('close')} />
-    {:else}
+    {/if}
+    {#if !joined || !$lkSessionConnected}
       <ModernButton
         icon={love.icon.EnterRoom}
         label={love.string.EnterRoom}
diff --git a/plugins/love-resources/src/meetings.ts b/plugins/love-resources/src/meetings.ts
index 4668ae8af41..285e91f117d 100644
--- a/plugins/love-resources/src/meetings.ts
+++ b/plugins/love-resources/src/meetings.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ export async function joinMeeting (room: Room): Promise<void> {
   await connectToMeeting(room)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Re-establish the call for a room this client is already recorded in.
+ *
+ * After a reload mid-call the ParticipantInfo still points at the room while
+ * no LiveKit session exists, so `joinMeeting` (which would knock again) is
+ * the wrong entry point: the person is already in, only the media is gone.
+ */
+export async function reconnectMeeting (room: Room): Promise<void> {
+  if (get(myInfo)?.room !== room._id) {
+    await joinMeeting(room)
+    return
+  }
+  await connectToMeeting(room)
+}
+
 export async function joinOrCreateMeetingByInvite (roomId: Ref<Room>): Promise<void> {
   if (currentMeetingRoom === roomId) return