diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index 7f4b55ff1..1424ce82e 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ removing a ring of levitation while engulfed should not invoke spoteffects
 feedback from invoking Orb of Detection was sometimes misleading or wrong
 ranger quest artifact (Longbow of Diana) confers reflection when wielded by
 	monsters like it does for the player
+avoid discrepancies in size and associated armor-wearing ability between 
+	wizard gnome player and same player polymorphed into gnomish wizard 
+	by forcing newman() if poly-target matches your_race()
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/polyself.c b/src/polyself.c
index 21e43cd16..bd58398a6 100644
--- a/src/polyself.c
+++ b/src/polyself.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ boolean forcecontrol;
 	/* The below polyok() fails either if everything is genocided, or if
 	 * we deliberately chose something illegal to force newman().
 	 */
-	if (!polyok(&mons[mntmp]) || !rn2(5))
+	if (!polyok(&mons[mntmp]) || !rn2(5) || your_race(&mons[mntmp]))
 		newman();
 	else if(!polymon(mntmp)) return;