diff --git a/port/assets/menus/ce/main_menu.multiplayer_type_select.connected.xml b/port/assets/menus/ce/main_menu.multiplayer_type_select.connected.xml
index 786f8ca1..4ae27ed8 100644
--- a/port/assets/menus/ce/main_menu.multiplayer_type_select.connected.xml
+++ b/port/assets/menus/ce/main_menu.multiplayer_type_select.connected.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- The PC version's menus: ui\shell\main_menu\multiplayer_type_select\connected (tools/ce_menus.py) -->
 <menus>
-	<widget name="main_menu/multiplayer_type_select/connected/connected_map_select_wrapper" width="640" height="480" flags="pass_unhandled_to_focused_child pause_game tag_controller_index force_handle_mouse">
+	<widget name="main_menu/multiplayer_type_select/connected/connected_map_select_wrapper" width="640" height="480" flags="pass_unhandled_to_focused_child pause_game main_menu_if_no_history tag_controller_index force_handle_mouse">
 		<child widget="main_menu/multiplayer_type_select/mp_map_select/mp_map_select_screen"/>
 	</widget>
 	<widget name="main_menu/multiplayer_type_select/connected/gametype_select_screen_wrapper" width="640" height="480" flags="pass_unhandled_to_focused_child pause_game">
diff --git a/tools/port_settings.py b/tools/port_settings.py
index 6e8028f8..c987b9f1 100644
--- a/tools/port_settings.py
+++ b/tools/port_settings.py
@@ -618,6 +618,11 @@ MAP_KIND_CHOOSER = "main_menu/new_select/list_item_0_map_kind"
 # changes to the PC version's widgets (by our names): attributes set, all
 # their handlers replaced, children added, game data inputs added
 WIDGET_PATCHES = {
+    # The host returns here after a round with no menu history. Back must
+    # reopen the main menu when it closes the last screen, as the lobby does.
+    f"{MT}/connected/connected_map_select_wrapper": {"set": {
+        "flags": "pass_unhandled_to_focused_child pause_game main_menu_if_no_history tag_controller_index force_handle_mouse",
+    }},
     # (the profile settings' picture: on Gamepad Setup's row, the profile's
     # button settings, BITMAP_FRAMES; menu_functions.c's
     # profile_gamepad_layout)