diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 4bbba792c..e21072f9d 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ when creating random contents for a container, explicitly exclude artifacts
 don't give lance or mattock as starting equipment when creating soldiers
 fixup for the insect "legs" (some extraneous walls inside solid stone) on the
 	baalz level didn't work as intended if that level was flipped
+handle flipped level when fixing up the baalz level "eyes" too
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/mkmaze.c b/src/mkmaze.c
index a67a810ed..c27385d35 100644
--- a/src/mkmaze.c
+++ b/src/mkmaze.c
@@ -404,9 +404,17 @@ baalz_fixup(void)
                     g.bughack.delarea.x2 = x, g.bughack.delarea.y2 = y;
             } else if (levl[x][y].typ == IRONBARS) {
                 /* novelty effect; allowing digging in front of 'eyes' */
-                levl[x - 1][y].wall_info &= ~W_NONDIGGABLE;
-                if (isok(x - 2, y))
-                    levl[x - 2][y].wall_info &= ~W_NONDIGGABLE;
+                if (isok(x - 1, y)
+                    && (levl[x - 1][y].wall_info & W_NONDIGGABLE) != 0) {
+                    levl[x - 1][y].wall_info &= ~W_NONDIGGABLE;
+                    if (isok(x - 2, y))
+                        levl[x - 2][y].wall_info &= ~W_NONDIGGABLE;
+                } else if (isok(x + 1, y)
+                    && (levl[x + 1][y].wall_info & W_NONDIGGABLE) != 0) {
+                    levl[x + 1][y].wall_info &= ~W_NONDIGGABLE;
+                    if (isok(x + 2, y))
+                        levl[x + 2][y].wall_info &= ~W_NONDIGGABLE;
+                }
             }
 
     wallification(max(g.bughack.inarea.x1 - 2, 1),