diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory/inventory.zs b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory/inventory.zs
index 52009f2e11..f41880a3c0 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory/inventory.zs
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory/inventory.zs
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ class Inventory : Actor
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			Owner = null;
 			Destroy();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory_util.zs b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory_util.zs
index 011ca134f4..e47172a495 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory_util.zs
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/inventory_util.zs
@@ -333,8 +333,13 @@ extend class Actor
 		// destroy something we already processed, we've already destroyed it,
 		// so it won't have anything to destroy.
 
-		let last = self;
+		if (player != null)
+		{
+			player.ReadyWeapon = null;
+			player.PendingWeapon = WP_NOCHANGE;
+		}
 
+		let last = self;
 		while (last.inv != NULL)
 		{
 			let inv = last.inv;
@@ -348,11 +353,6 @@ extend class Actor
 				last = inv;
 			}
 		}
-		if (player != null)
-		{
-			player.ReadyWeapon = null;
-			player.PendingWeapon = WP_NOCHANGE;
-		}
 	}