diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index 58cf0222a..14fa5185f 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ don't call DEBUG impossible in rn2 when a level 0 monster tries to cast a spell
 GOLDOBJ: don't call money2mon with 0 zero when killed by shopkeeper
 headstone writing was using the adjective "weird" when engraving with a wand 
 	of digging.
+don't report "you were riding" if you die as a result of dismounting
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/cmd.c b/src/cmd.c
index d303a04da..65984ea33 100644
--- a/src/cmd.c
+++ b/src/cmd.c
@@ -916,7 +916,10 @@ int final;	/* 0 => still in progress; 1 => over, survived; 2 => dead */
 	else if (Amphibious) you_can("breathe water");
 	if (Passes_walls) you_can("walk through walls");
 #ifdef STEED
-	if (u.usteed) {
+	/* If you die while dismounting, u.usteed is still set.  Since several
+	 * places in the done() sequence depend on u.usteed, just detect this
+	 * special case. */
+	if (u.usteed && (final < 2 || strcmp(killer, "riding accident"))) {
 	    Sprintf(buf, "riding %s", y_monnam(u.usteed));
 	    you_are(buf);
 	}