Stuck on "Locating server" when logging in to a server

When I try to log onto a multiplayer server (including other people's worlds) it freezes on the screen that says

 

Generating world

Locating server

 

How to reproduce:

1. When logging on any multiplayer server (including other people's worlds), disconnect or manually close Minecraft
2. Open Minecraft
3. Open the world/server you were joining and disconnected in
4. It should be stuck on the "Locating server" screen and eventually send you to the home screen or crash.

Here is the photo: