diff --git a/heartpieces.asm b/heartpieces.asm
index c14bd0b..123e1ff 100644
--- a/heartpieces.asm
+++ b/heartpieces.asm
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ MaybeMarkDigSpotCollected:
 	PLP : PLA
 RTL
 ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HeartPieceSpawnDelayFix:
+	; Fix the delay when spawning a HeartPiece sprite
+	JSL.l Sprite_CheckIfPlayerPreoccupied : BCS + ; what we moved from $05F037
+	JSL.l Sprite_CheckDamageToPlayerSameLayerLong : RTL ; what we wrote over
+	+ CLC : RTL
+;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 macro GetPossiblyEncryptedItem(ItemLabel,TableLabel)
 	LDA IsEncrypted : BNE ?encrypted
 		LDA.l <ItemLabel>
diff --git a/hooks.asm b/hooks.asm
index d8c55b3..5d412fe 100755
--- a/hooks.asm
+++ b/hooks.asm
@@ -2306,6 +2306,12 @@ AddReceivedItem_doneWithSoundEffects:
 org $05F030 ; <- 2F030 - display item
 JSL.l DrawHeartPieceGFX
 ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; moving LinkBusy check to later time to avoid a delay in HP movement
+org $05F037 ; (JSL CheckIfLinkIsBusy : BCS .exit)
+BRA + : NOP #4 : +  
+org $05F083
+JSL.l HeartPieceSpawnDelayFix
+;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 org $05F08A ; <- 2F08A - sprite_heart_upgrades.asm : 324 - (LDA $7EF36B : INC A : AND.b #$03 : STA $7EF36B : BNE .got_4_piecese) item determination
 JSL.l HeartPieceGet
 BCS $18 ; reinsert the near branch that appears midway through what we overrode