diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 349b41df1..15246339d 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1178,6 +1178,8 @@ hangup in wizard or explore mode would result in answering ESC to "Die?"
 	resulted in repeat death then the program might get stuck in a loop
 	instead of exiting [no reports of such, but if it ever happened the
 	process was probably killed without anyone knowing why it happened]
+with OPTIONS=blind (blind from birth), being inflicted with timed blinding
+	yielded "your vision seems to dim for a moment but is normal now"
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x General Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/potion.c b/src/potion.c
index 0a0205af0..27bd237d6 100644
--- a/src/potion.c
+++ b/src/potion.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ make_blinded(long xtime, boolean talk)
     } else if (old && !xtime) {
         /* clearing temporary blindness without toggling blindness */
         if (talk) {
-            if (!haseyes(gy.youmonst.data)) {
+            if (!haseyes(gy.youmonst.data) || PermaBlind) {
                 strange_feeling((struct obj *) 0, (char *) 0);
             } else if (Blindfolded) {
                 eyes = body_part(EYE);
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ make_blinded(long xtime, boolean talk)
     } else if (!old && xtime) {
         /* setting temporary blindness without toggling blindness */
         if (talk) {
-            if (!haseyes(gy.youmonst.data)) {
+            if (!haseyes(gy.youmonst.data) || PermaBlind) {
                 strange_feeling((struct obj *) 0, (char *) 0);
             } else if (Blindfolded) {
                 eyes = body_part(EYE);
@@ -1560,6 +1560,8 @@ H2Opotion_dip(
         res = TRUE;
     }
     return res;
+#undef COST_alter)
+#undef COST_none)
 }
 
 /* used when blessed or cursed scroll of light interacts with artifact light;