diff --git a/src/common/inbound.c b/src/common/inbound.c
index b9503ddb..5b5fc8bc 100644
--- a/src/common/inbound.c
+++ b/src/common/inbound.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ inbound_chanmsg (server *serv, session *sess, char *chan, char *from,
 
 	if (fromme)
 	{
-  		if (prefs.hex_away_auto_unmark && serv->is_away)
+		if (prefs.hex_away_auto_unmark && serv->is_away && !tags_data->timestamp)
 			sess->server->p_set_back (sess->server);
 		EMIT_SIGNAL_TIMESTAMP (XP_TE_UCHANMSG, sess, from, text, nickchar, NULL,
 									  0, tags_data->timestamp);