diff --git a/docs/Aedes.md b/docs/Aedes.md
index 5926fcd0..7c952e28 100644
--- a/docs/Aedes.md
+++ b/docs/Aedes.md
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ aedes.authorizeSubscribe = function (client, sub, callback) {
 }
 ```
 
+__ATTENTION__: When a subscription is negated, your client will receive back a SubAck with `qos: 128` that means `Failure` and your client will never receive packets published to that topic.
+
 ## Handler: authorizeForward (client, packet)
 
 - client: [`<Client>`](./Client.md)
diff --git a/lib/handlers/subscribe.js b/lib/handlers/subscribe.js
index 886eab1b..3131eba5 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/subscribe.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/subscribe.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const restoreTopicActions = fastfall([
 function SubAck (packet, granted) {
   this.cmd = 'suback'
   this.messageId = packet.messageId
+  // the qos granted
   this.granted = granted
 }
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ function Subscription (qos, func) {
   this.func = func
 }
 
-function SubscribeState (client, packet, restore, finish, granted) {
+function SubscribeState (client, packet, restore, finish) {
   this.client = client
   this.packet = packet
   this.actions = restore ? restoreTopicActions : subscribeTopicActions
@@ -56,11 +57,11 @@ function _dedupe (subs) {
 }
 
 function handleSubscribe (client, packet, restore, done) {
-  const subs = packet.subscriptions
+  packet.subscriptions = packet.subscriptions.length === 1 ? packet.subscriptions : _dedupe(packet.subscriptions)
   client.broker._parallel(
     new SubscribeState(client, packet, restore, done),
     doSubscribe,
-    subs.length === 1 ? subs : _dedupe(subs),
+    packet.subscriptions,
     restore ? done : completeSubscribe)
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ function blockDollarSignTopics (func) {
 
 function storeSubscriptions (sub, done) {
   if (!sub || typeof sub !== 'object') {
+    // means failure: MQTT 3.1.1 specs > 3.9.3 Payload
     this.granted = 128
     return done(null, null)
   }
@@ -161,11 +163,19 @@ function completeSubscribe (err) {
   } else {
     done()
   }
-  this.subState = []
 
   const broker = client.broker
   const subs = packet.subscriptions
 
+  var topics = []
+
+  for (var i = 0; i < subs.length; i++) {
+    topics.push(subs[i].topic)
+    subs.qos = this.subState[i].granted
+  }
+
+  this.subState = []
+
   broker.emit('subscribe', subs, client)
 
   // Conform to MQTT 3.1.1 section 3.1.2.4
@@ -173,10 +183,6 @@ function completeSubscribe (err) {
   // Retained message should be only fetched from SUBSCRIBE.
 
   const persistence = broker.persistence
-  var topics = []
-  for (var i = 0; i < subs.length; i++) {
-    topics.push(subs[i].topic)
-  }
   const stream = persistence.createRetainedStreamCombi(topics)
   stream.pipe(through.obj(function sendRetained (packet, enc, cb) {
     packet = new Packet({