diff --git a/modules/UI/videolayout/VideoLayout.js b/modules/UI/videolayout/VideoLayout.js
index 86aafa775..4a7cc0fbc 100644
--- a/modules/UI/videolayout/VideoLayout.js
+++ b/modules/UI/videolayout/VideoLayout.js
@@ -653,7 +653,13 @@ var VideoLayout = {
         // Show/hide warning on the thumbnail
         let remoteVideo = remoteVideos[id];
         if (remoteVideo) {
-            remoteVideo.updateConnectionStatusIndicator(isActive);
+            // Updating only connection status indicator is not enough, because
+            // when we the connection is restored while the avatar was displayed
+            // (due to 'muted while disconnected' condition) we may want to show
+            // the video stream again and in order to do that the display mode
+            // must be updated.
+            //remoteVideo.updateConnectionStatusIndicator(isActive);
+            remoteVideo.updateView();
         }
     },