diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index b9bfdfd95..5e4d30edf 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ end of game while carrying Schroedinger's Box would reveal cat-or-corpse
 attempting to untrap an adjacent trap while on the edge of--not in--a pit
 	failed due to not being able to reach the floor
 magic trap's deafening roar effect wasn't waking nearby monsters
+scattering of objects might leave source location with wrong thing displayed
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/explode.c b/src/explode.c
index fc2855c1d..46d3b327f 100644
--- a/src/explode.c
+++ b/src/explode.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	explode.c	$NHDT-Date: 1522454717 2018/03/31 00:05:17 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.56 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	explode.c	$NHDT-Date: 1543101719 2018/11/24 23:21:59 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.2-beta01 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.59 $ */
 /*      Copyright (C) 1990 by Ken Arromdee */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ struct obj *obj; /* only scatter this obj        */
     struct scatter_chain *schain = (struct scatter_chain *) 0;
     long total = 0L;
 
+    if (individual_object && (obj->ox != sx || obj->oy != sy))
+        impossible("scattered object <%d,%d> not at scatter site <%d,%d>",
+                   obj->ox, obj->oy, sx, sy);
+
     while ((otmp = (individual_object ? obj : level.objects[sx][sy])) != 0) {
         if (otmp->quan > 1L) {
             qtmp = otmp->quan - 1L;
@@ -759,7 +763,7 @@ struct obj *obj; /* only scatter this obj        */
         free((genericptr_t) stmp);
         newsym(x, y);
     }
-
+    newsym(sx, sy);
     return total;
 }