diff --git a/pkg/rtc/participant.go b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
index d1804e79f..2bb03246c 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/participant.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) handlePrimaryStateChange(state webrtc.PeerConnectionSt
 			p.SetMigrateState(types.MigrateStateComplete)
 		}
 		p.incActiveCounter()
-	} else if state == webrtc.PeerConnectionStateFailed {
+	} else if state == webrtc.PeerConnectionStateDisconnected {
 		// clients support resuming of connections when websocket becomes disconnected
 		p.closeSignalConnection()
 
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) handlePrimaryStateChange(state webrtc.PeerConnectionSt
 // for the secondary peer connection, we still need to handle when they become disconnected
 // instead of allowing them to silently fail.
 func (p *ParticipantImpl) handleSecondaryStateChange(state webrtc.PeerConnectionState) {
-	if state == webrtc.PeerConnectionStateFailed {
+	if state == webrtc.PeerConnectionStateDisconnected {
 		// clients support resuming of connections when websocket becomes disconnected
 		p.closeSignalConnection()
 	}