diff --git a/doc/fixes34.3 b/doc/fixes34.3
index 4a998e193..93218facd 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.3
+++ b/doc/fixes34.3
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ manes are nonliving
 poles and grappling hook worked thru walls when wearing Eyes of the Overworld
 more tweaks to fog cloud behavior
 when dismounting by choice and unimpaired, try not to land on a boulder
+casting stone-to-flesh on self while wielding a statue caused problems
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/trap.c b/src/trap.c
index bbbbfb5b6..3521f6850 100644
--- a/src/trap.c
+++ b/src/trap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)trap.c	3.4	2003/05/25	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)trap.c	3.4	2003/09/25	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ int *fail_reason;
 	    return (struct monst *)0;
 	}
 
+	/* in case statue is wielded and hero zaps stone-to-flesh at self */
+	if (statue->owornmask) remove_worn_item(statue, TRUE);
+
 	/* allow statues to be of a specific gender */
 	if (statue->spe & STATUE_MALE)
 	    mon->female = FALSE;
@@ -461,6 +464,7 @@ int *fail_reason;
 	}
 	m_dowear(mon, TRUE);
 	delobj(statue);
+
 	/* mimic statue becomes seen mimic; other hiders won't be hidden */
 	if (mon->m_ap_type) seemimic(mon);
 	else mon->mundetected = FALSE;