diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 1c1226ad1..0e8523e94 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ temple donation can recover protection previously stolen by attrcurse attack
 	even when protection amount is so big that no increment would be given
 display the invisible monster glyph ('I') whenever an unseen monster forces
 	poly'd hero out of hiding
+escape the deleted trap after performing the invocation while trapped
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/mklev.c b/src/mklev.c
index b335fba10..ad2553f7d 100644
--- a/src/mklev.c
+++ b/src/mklev.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)mklev.c	3.5	2006/03/06	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)mklev.c	3.5	2006/05/29	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -1437,6 +1437,11 @@ mkinvokearea()
     pline_The("walls around you begin to bend and crumble!");
     display_nhwindow(WIN_MESSAGE, TRUE);
 
+    /* any trap hero is stuck in will be going away now */
+    if (u.utrap) {
+	u.utrap = 0;
+	if (u.utraptype == TT_BURIEDBALL) buried_ball_to_punishment();
+    }
     mkinvpos(xmin, ymin, 0);		/* middle, before placing stairs */
 
     for(dist = 1; dist < 7; dist++) {