diff --git a/include/extern.h b/include/extern.h
index 8a5056d91..4ac5b3b1e 100644
--- a/include/extern.h
+++ b/include/extern.h
@@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ extern void perm_invent_toggled(boolean negated);
 extern void prepare_perminvent(winid window);
 extern struct obj *carrying_stoning_corpse(void);
 extern void repopulate_perminvent(void);
+extern boolean hero_has_one_of_these(short);
 
 /* ### ioctl.c ### */
 
diff --git a/src/do_name.c b/src/do_name.c
index 1ce7dde16..746f99959 100644
--- a/src/do_name.c
+++ b/src/do_name.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ docall(struct obj *obj)
         *uname_p = dupstr(buf);
         discover_object(obj->otyp, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE); /* possibly add to disco[] */
     }
-    if (obj->where == OBJ_INVENT)
+    if (obj->where == OBJ_INVENT || hero_has_one_of_these(obj->otyp))
         update_inventory();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/invent.c b/src/invent.c
index f3c7f3803..2983b2997 100644
--- a/src/invent.c
+++ b/src/invent.c
@@ -2779,6 +2779,18 @@ learn_unseen_invent(void)
         update_inventory();
 }
 
+boolean
+hero_has_one_of_these(short otyp)
+{
+    struct obj *otmp;
+
+    for (otmp = gi.invent; otmp; otmp = otmp->nobj) {
+        if (otmp->otyp == otyp)
+            return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
 /* persistent inventory window is maintained by interface code;
    'update_inventory' used to be a macro for
    (*windowprocs.win_update_inventory) but the restore hackery to suppress