diff --git a/doc/fixes36.1 b/doc/fixes36.1
index efd39ad2e..e9d8a81bf 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.1
+++ b/doc/fixes36.1
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ change dipping prompt to not ignore 'called' and 'named' attributes of item
 avoid 'the unlabeled {scroll,spellbook} fades' when blank item is hit by water
 wrong message given when high priest on astral plane rejects being assigned a
 	name (got the one for unique monsters instead of the one for priests)
+negative intrinsic protection shouldn't confer MC=1, "you are warded" (not
+	possible from divine protection but is possible from eating rings)
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/mhitu.c b/src/mhitu.c
index 2d489a1c2..998c86be1 100644
--- a/src/mhitu.c
+++ b/src/mhitu.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	mhitu.c	$NHDT-Date: 1446854230 2015/11/06 23:57:10 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.130 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	mhitu.c	$NHDT-Date: 1450016149 2015/12/13 14:15:49 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.131 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ struct monst *mon;
     } else if (mc < 1) {
         /* intrinsic Protection is weaker (play balance; obtaining divine
            protection is too easy); it confers minimum mc 1 instead of 0 */
-        if ((is_you && ((HProtection && u.ublessed) || u.uspellprot))
+        if ((is_you && ((HProtection && u.ublessed > 0) || u.uspellprot))
             /* aligned priests and angels have innate intrinsic Protection */
             || (mon->data == &mons[PM_ALIGNED_PRIEST] || is_minion(mon->data)))
             mc = 1;