diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 268fcfadc..e1c8eccf3 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1592,6 +1592,9 @@ the fuzzer could get stuck in a loop if hero died in a way where life-saving
 fix unicorn horn's ability to repair blindness
 quest nemesis and a few other special monsters are suppressed from bones;
 	their death feedback could be given when they were removed
+running the tutorial until completion and returning to normal play but left
+	the 'no followers' flag set; adjacent pets wouldn't tag along when
+	hero moved to other levels
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Platform and/or Interface Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/include/flag.h b/include/flag.h
index fea62efd3..590dc927a 100644
--- a/include/flag.h
+++ b/include/flag.h
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ struct instance_flags {
     boolean invis_goldsym; /* gold symbol is ' '? */
     boolean in_lua;        /* executing a lua script */
     boolean lua_testing;   /* doing lua tests */
+    boolean nofollowers;   /* level change ignores pets (for tutorial) */
     boolean partly_eaten_hack; /* extra flag for xname() used when it's called
                                 * indirectly so we can't use xname_flags() */
     boolean remember_getpos; /* save getpos() positioning in do-again queue */
diff --git a/include/patchlevel.h b/include/patchlevel.h
index a74f49e97..85c96f87b 100644
--- a/include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/include/patchlevel.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * Incrementing EDITLEVEL can be used to force invalidation of old bones
  * and save files.
  */
-#define EDITLEVEL 85
+#define EDITLEVEL 86
 
 /*
  * Development status possibilities.
diff --git a/include/you.h b/include/you.h
index 7528199ba..08fe7cc0c 100644
--- a/include/you.h
+++ b/include/you.h
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ struct you {
     d_level utolev;     /* level monster teleported you to, or uz */
     uchar utotype;      /* bitmask of goto_level() flags for utolev */
     d_level ucamefrom;  /* level where you came from; used for tutorial */
-    boolean nofollowers; /* level change ignores monster followers/pets */
     boolean umoved;     /* changed map location (post-move) */
     int last_str_turn;  /* 0: none, 1: half turn, 2: full turn
                          * +: turn right, -: turn left */
diff --git a/src/allmain.c b/src/allmain.c
index 88f89aa0a..8fe7df980 100644
--- a/src/allmain.c
+++ b/src/allmain.c
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@ maybe_do_tutorial(void)
 
     if (ask_do_tutorial()) {
         assign_level(&u.ucamefrom, &u.uz);
-        u.nofollowers = TRUE;
+        iflags.nofollowers = TRUE;
         schedule_goto(&sp->dlevel, UTOTYPE_NONE, (char *) 0, (char *) 0);
         deferred_goto();
         vision_recalc(0);
         docrt();
-        u.nofollowers = FALSE;
+        iflags.nofollowers = FALSE;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/do.c b/src/do.c
index e2cdc6231..68999acd5 100644
--- a/src/do.c
+++ b/src/do.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ goto_level(
     set_ustuck((struct monst *) 0); /* clear u.ustuck and u.uswallow */
     set_uinwater(0); /* u.uinwater = 0 */
     u.uundetected = 0; /* not hidden, even if means are available */
-    if (!u.nofollowers)
+    if (!iflags.nofollowers)
         keepdogs(FALSE);
     recalc_mapseen(); /* recalculate map overview before we leave the level */
     /*