diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index d4c581bc0..f6b7b1eb0 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1156,6 +1156,9 @@ wearing the Eyes of the Overworld overrides OPTIONS:blind; breaking the
 	blindness stay cured after removing them was not
 change helm of brilliance from iron to crystal so that it no longer needs to
 	be a special case for metallic armor vs spell casting
+fake player monsters in endgame had a 1 in 1000 chance to be given a stack
+	of 0 gold pieces, eventually triggering an impossible warning (cited
+	one was "Calculating weight of 0 gold pieces?")
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x General Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/makemon.c b/src/makemon.c
index 950f5e363..3e0490e2a 100644
--- a/src/makemon.c
+++ b/src/makemon.c
@@ -558,16 +558,18 @@ m_initweap(register struct monst *mtmp)
         (void) mongets(mtmp, rnd_offensive_item(mtmp));
 }
 
-/*
- *   Makes up money for monster's inventory.
- */
+/* create a new stack of gold in monster's inventory */
 void
 mkmonmoney(struct monst *mtmp, long amount)
 {
-    struct obj *gold = mksobj(GOLD_PIECE, FALSE, FALSE);
+    /* mk_mplayer() passes rn2(1000) so the amount might be 0 */
+    if (amount > 0L) {
+        struct obj *gold = mksobj(GOLD_PIECE, FALSE, FALSE);
 
-    gold->quan = amount;
-    add_to_minv(mtmp, gold);
+        gold->quan = amount;
+        gold->owt = weight(gold);
+        add_to_minv(mtmp, gold);
+    }
 }
 
 static void