diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index 945ac8f57..c5c37abea 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.239 $ $NHDT-Date: 1548695445 2019/01/28 17:10:45 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.241 $ $NHDT-Date: 1548937318 2019/01/31 12:21:58 $
 
 This fixes36.2 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x
 lineage following the release of 3.6.1 in April 2018. Please note, however,
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ hero poly'd into creature with hug attack could hug a long worm's tail which
 smudging of an engraving has been relocated to after a succesful move
 	and both your former location and your resulting location are
 	subject to the smudging
+monster with multiple items in inventory could trigger 'dealloc_obj with nobj'
+	panic when turned into a statue if separate mon->minvent items merged
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/mon.c b/src/mon.c
index 570b95244..7ea70a576 100644
--- a/src/mon.c
+++ b/src/mon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	mon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1548208236 2019/01/23 01:50:36 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.277 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	mon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1548937318 2019/01/31 12:21:58 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.278 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Derek S. Ray, 2015. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -2213,6 +2213,7 @@ struct monst *mdef;
             otmp = oname(otmp, MNAME(mdef));
         while ((obj = oldminvent) != 0) {
             oldminvent = obj->nobj;
+            obj->nobj = 0; /* avoid merged-> obfree-> dealloc_obj-> panic */
             (void) add_to_container(otmp, obj);
         }
         /* Archeologists should not break unique statues */