diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index c803e1177..20b795523 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ busy pet won't miss out upon ascension
 fix various places that "finally finished" could be displayed after the hero
 	stopped doing something other than eating
 fix some cases where movement was disallowed but the hero was still conscious
+after destroying drawbridge, hero could appear to be in the wall
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/dbridge.c b/src/dbridge.c
index 6b25158fa..cc3f03f54 100644
--- a/src/dbridge.c
+++ b/src/dbridge.c
@@ -921,7 +921,8 @@ int x,y;
 			killer.format = KILLED_BY_AN;
 			Strcpy(killer.name, "collapsing drawbridge");
 			e_died(etmp1, e_inview? 3 : 2, CRUSHING); /*no corpse*/
-			if(lev1->typ == MOAT) do_entity(etmp1);
+			if(levl[etmp1->ex][etmp1->ey].typ == MOAT)
+			    do_entity(etmp1);
 		}
 	}
 }