diff --git a/source/blood/src/blood.cpp b/source/blood/src/blood.cpp
index f78d80bef..46b67eff5 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/blood.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/blood.cpp
@@ -1224,6 +1224,8 @@ RESTART:
                 gBufferJitter = 0;
             while (totalclock >= gNetFifoClock && ready2send)
             {
+                gNetInput = gInput;
+                gInput = {};
                 netGetInput();
                 gNetFifoClock += 4;
                 while (gNetFifoHead[myconnectindex]-gNetFifoTail > gBufferJitter && !gStartNewGame && !gQuitGame)
diff --git a/source/blood/src/controls.cpp b/source/blood/src/controls.cpp
index 9c78f6c48..64fd25ae0 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/controls.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/controls.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 BEGIN_BLD_NS
 
-GINPUT gInput;
+GINPUT gInput, gNetInput;
 bool bSilentAim = false;
 
 int iTurnCount = 0;
diff --git a/source/blood/src/controls.h b/source/blood/src/controls.h
index 47d32d23d..b8f7faa64 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/controls.h
+++ b/source/blood/src/controls.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct GINPUT
 
 #pragma pack(pop)
 
-extern GINPUT gInput;
+extern GINPUT gInput, gNetInput;
 extern bool bSilentAim;
 
 extern fix16_t gViewLook, gViewAngle;
diff --git a/source/blood/src/network.cpp b/source/blood/src/network.cpp
index 4d83d3a23..f9de77768 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/network.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/network.cpp
@@ -734,10 +734,8 @@ void netGetInput(void)
     for (int p = connecthead; p >= 0; p = connectpoint2[p])
         if (gNetFifoHead[myconnectindex]-200 > gNetFifoHead[p])
             return;
-    ctrlGetInput();
     GINPUT &input = gFifoInput[gNetFifoHead[myconnectindex]&255][myconnectindex];
-    input = gInput;
-    gInput = {};
+    input = gNetInput;
     gNetFifoHead[myconnectindex]++;
     if (gGameOptions.nGameType == 0 || numplayers == 1)
     {