diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index e87280bdd..94af43996 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ fix vault guard impossible when he could not relocate in certain situation
 fix temple priests or shopkeepers moving over other monsters
 fix hero still hiding under a statue shattered by a land mine
 fix helping a monster out of a pit addressing a deleted trap
+fix launched rolling boulder code accessing deleted trap
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.2 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/trap.c b/src/trap.c
index 8d0dddb6a..6b9884ea6 100644
--- a/src/trap.c
+++ b/src/trap.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,6 @@ int style;
 
         bhitpos.x += dx;
         bhitpos.y += dy;
-        t = t_at(bhitpos.x, bhitpos.y);
 
         if ((mtmp = m_at(bhitpos.x, bhitpos.y)) != 0) {
             if (otyp == BOULDER && throws_rocks(mtmp->data)) {
@@ -1875,7 +1874,7 @@ int style;
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            if (t && otyp == BOULDER) {
+            if ((t = t_at(bhitpos.x, bhitpos.y)) != 0 && otyp == BOULDER) {
                 switch (t->ttyp) {
                 case LANDMINE:
                     if (rn2(10) > 2) {