diff --git a/src/game/shared/hl2mp/weapon_hl2mpbase.cpp b/src/game/shared/hl2mp/weapon_hl2mpbase.cpp
index 15995a5be..f57427c85 100644
--- a/src/game/shared/hl2mp/weapon_hl2mpbase.cpp
+++ b/src/game/shared/hl2mp/weapon_hl2mpbase.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void CWeaponHL2MPBase::Materialize( void )
 	}
 
 	SetPickupTouch();
-
+	SetOwnerEntity( NULL );
 	SetThink (NULL);
 }