diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 689eb71ac..7005adfc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ o Fix mswin32/Makefile so that the new nselib-bin directory is
   properly included in the Nmap win32 zipfile distribution.  Thanks
   to Rob Nicholls for reporting the problem.
 
+o Fix host reason reported when the target is found to be "down" due
+  to no response. [Kris]
+
 4.49RC4
 
 o David did a huge OS fingerprint integration marathon, going through
diff --git a/scan_engine.cc b/scan_engine.cc
index 6a00620ea..33ce4e5cf 100644
--- a/scan_engine.cc
+++ b/scan_engine.cc
@@ -4549,6 +4549,8 @@ static void processData(UltraScanInfo *USI) {
 	    ultrascan_host_probe_update(USI, host, probeI, newstate, NULL);
 	  else
 	    ultrascan_port_probe_update(USI, host, probeI, newstate, NULL);
+	  if (host->target->reason.reason_id == ER_UNKNOWN)
+	    host->target->reason.reason_id = ER_NORESPONSE;
 	  if (tryno_capped && lastRetryCappedWarning != USI) {
 	    /* Perhaps I should give this on a per-host basis.  Oh
 	       well, hopefully it is rare anyway. */