diff --git a/collects/net/nntp-unit.rkt b/collects/net/nntp-unit.rkt
index 65bd87c..655b84e 100644
--- a/collects/net/nntp-unit.rkt
+++ b/collects/net/nntp-unit.rkt
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
          [status-line (get-one-line-from-server receiver)])
     (let-values ([(code rest-of-line)
                   (parse-status-line status-line)])
-      (values code rest-of-line (get-rest-of-multi-line-response)))))
+      (values code rest-of-line (get-rest-of-multi-line-response communicator)))))
 
 ;; open-news-group :
 ;; communicator x string -> number x number x number