diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index 0bdc7baf2..e4ead85a6 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	zap.c	$NHDT-Date: 1715284462 2024/05/09 19:54:22 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.539 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	zap.c	$NHDT-Date: 1723946858 2024/08/18 02:07:38 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.542 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2013. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ bhitm(struct monst *mtmp, struct obj *otmp)
             mon_adjust_speed(mtmp, 1, otmp);
             check_gear_next_turn(mtmp); /* might want speed boots */
         }
-        if (mtmp->mtame)
-            helpful_gesture = TRUE;
+        /* wake but don't anger a peaceful target */
+        helpful_gesture = TRUE;
         break;
     case WAN_UNDEAD_TURNING:
     case SPE_TURN_UNDEAD: