diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 3ddaa3ddb..0e92c370e 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ prevent long messages from triggering access violation or segmentation fault
 cursed corpse wielded by a monster isn't welded to its hand or paw
 fix grammar errors in samurai quest, wakarimasu ka?
 fix spelling of Dr Dolittle
+hero's sleep resistance shouldn't protect steed from sleeping gas trap
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/trap.c b/src/trap.c
index 509da79cc..b91e3c713 100644
--- a/src/trap.c
+++ b/src/trap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)trap.c	3.5	2006/12/16	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)trap.c	3.5	2007/02/10	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -889,10 +889,10 @@ unsigned trflags;
 		seetrap(trap);
 		if(Sleep_resistance || breathless(youmonst.data)) {
 		    You("are enveloped in a cloud of gas!");
-		    break;
+		} else {
+		    pline("A cloud of gas puts you to sleep!");
+		    fall_asleep(-rnd(25), TRUE);
 		}
-		pline("A cloud of gas puts you to sleep!");
-		fall_asleep(-rnd(25), TRUE);
 #ifdef STEED
 		(void) steedintrap(trap, (struct obj *)0);
 #endif