diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index 63e26bc1b1..2b06d4f603 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 April 9, 2009
+- Changed A_FreezeDeathChunks() so that instead of directly destroying an
+  actor, it sets it to the "Null" state, which will make it invisible and
+  destroy it one tic later.
 - Added a NULL pointer check to A_Fire() and copied the target to a local
   variable inside A_VileAttack() so that if P_DamageMobj() destroys the
   target, the function will still have a valid pointer to it (since reading
diff --git a/src/g_shared/a_action.cpp b/src/g_shared/a_action.cpp
index 399a3d1464..7b3469e483 100644
--- a/src/g_shared/a_action.cpp
+++ b/src/g_shared/a_action.cpp
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(AActor, A_FreezeDeathChunks)
 	{
 		CALL_ACTION(A_BossDeath, self);
 	}
-   CALL_ACTION(A_NoBlocking, self);
+	CALL_ACTION(A_NoBlocking, self);
 
-	self->Destroy ();
+	self->SetState(self->FindState(NAME_Null));
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/namedef.h b/src/namedef.h
index c37a0778ce..bcb9085701 100644
--- a/src/namedef.h
+++ b/src/namedef.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // 'None' must always be the first name.
 xx(None)
+xx(Null)
 
 xx(Super)
 xx(Object)