diff --git a/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp b/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
index d41cd9607..881912082 100644
--- a/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
@@ -2414,9 +2414,13 @@ void CGameClient::ConKill(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData)
 
 void CGameClient::ConchainLanguageUpdate(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData, IConsole::FCommandCallback pfnCallback, void *pCallbackUserData)
 {
+	CGameClient *pThis = static_cast<CGameClient *>(pUserData);
+	const bool Changed = pThis->Client()->GlobalTime() && pResult->NumArguments() && str_comp(pResult->GetString(0), g_Config.m_ClLanguagefile) != 0;
 	pfnCallback(pResult, pCallbackUserData);
-	if(pResult->NumArguments())
-		((CGameClient *)pUserData)->OnLanguageChange();
+	if(Changed)
+	{
+		pThis->OnLanguageChange();
+	}
 }
 
 void CGameClient::ConchainSpecialInfoupdate(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData, IConsole::FCommandCallback pfnCallback, void *pCallbackUserData)