diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 337f1e3df..62e1aea52 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.84 $ $NHDT-Date: 1580504296 2020/01/31 20:58:16 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.85 $ $NHDT-Date: 1580608377 2020/02/02 01:52:57 $
 
 General Fixes and Modified Features
 -----------------------------------
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ level teleporation's "You materialize on a different level!" could be given
 	out of sequence with other arrival messages
 creating Mine Town variant 1 (Orcish Town) sometimes complained about being
 	unable to place lregion type 1 and failed to have any staircase up
+prevent "you materialize on a different level" after "a mysterious force
+	prevents you from descending" if you try to level teleport past the
+	stairs down from the quest home level before being granted access
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/do.c b/src/do.c
index 69734ed6c..d392cdbf3 100644
--- a/src/do.c
+++ b/src/do.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	do.c	$NHDT-Date: 1580254093 2020/01/28 23:28:13 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.221 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	do.c	$NHDT-Date: 1580608377 2020/02/02 01:52:57 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.222 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Derek S. Ray, 2015. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1781,10 +1781,11 @@ void
 deferred_goto()
 {
     if (!on_level(&u.uz, &u.utolev)) {
-        d_level dest;
+        d_level dest, oldlev;
         int typmask = u.utotype; /* save it; goto_level zeroes u.utotype */
 
         assign_level(&dest, &u.utolev);
+        assign_level(&oldlev, &u.uz);
         if (g.dfr_pre_msg)
             pline1(g.dfr_pre_msg);
         goto_level(&dest, !!(typmask & 1), !!(typmask & 2), !!(typmask & 4));
@@ -1796,7 +1797,7 @@ deferred_goto()
                 newsym(u.ux, u.uy);
             }
         }
-        if (g.dfr_post_msg)
+        if (g.dfr_post_msg && !on_level(&u.uz, &oldlev))
             pline1(g.dfr_post_msg);
     }
     u.utotype = 0; /* our caller keys off of this */