diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index cd3fd9081..1be2f3de0 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ recognize if hero has already entered Gehennom by means other than usual route
 	so that prompt can be skipped if Valley's stairs are subsequently used
 once you've passed the Valley, drawbridge tune is no longer a prayer reward
 fix up grammar and punctuation in variants of shopkeeper's price message
+regression, bug fixed in 3.4.1 reintroduced in 3.4.3:  Sunsword continued to
+	emit light after monster who was wielding got killed
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/steal.c b/src/steal.c
index 7043daad4..d3225a8bd 100644
--- a/src/steal.c
+++ b/src/steal.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)steal.c	3.5	2005/02/09	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)steal.c	3.5	2005/07/14	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ boolean verbosely;
 	if (mon->mhp > 0) {
 	    mon->misc_worn_check &= ~obj->owornmask;
 	    update_mon_intrinsics(mon, obj, FALSE, TRUE);
-	 /* obj_no_longer_held(obj); -- done by place_object */
-	    if (obj->owornmask & W_WEP) setmnotwielded(mon, obj);
 #ifdef STEED
 	/* don't charge for an owned saddle on dead steed */
 	} else if (mon->mtame && (obj->owornmask & W_SADDLE) && 
@@ -540,8 +538,11 @@ boolean verbosely;
 	    obj->no_charge = 1;
 #endif
 	}
+	/* this should be done even if the monster has died */
+	if (obj->owornmask & W_WEP) setmnotwielded(mon, obj);
 	obj->owornmask = 0L;
     }
+ /* obj_no_longer_held(obj); -- done by place_object */
     if (verbosely && cansee(omx, omy))
 	pline("%s drops %s.", Monnam(mon), distant_name(obj, doname));
     if (!flooreffects(obj, omx, omy, "fall")) {