diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 1ce1e44..ddd16e0 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
   POD cleanups (Steve Kemp)
 
+  check_spamhelo disconnects after denying a 'helo' (Filippo Carletti)
+
 
 0.82 - June 2, 2009
 
diff --git a/plugins/check_spamhelo b/plugins/check_spamhelo
index fb90b72..b45f5a2 100644
--- a/plugins/check_spamhelo
+++ b/plugins/check_spamhelo
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sub hook_helo {
   for my $bad ($self->qp->config('badhelo')) {
     if ($host eq lc $bad) {
       $self->log(LOGDEBUG, "Denying HELO from host claiming to be $bad");
-      return (DENY, "Sorry, I don't believe that you are $host.");
+      return (DENY_DISCONNECT, "Sorry, I don't believe that you are $host.");
     }
   }
   return DECLINED;