diff --git a/source/games/sw/src/draw.cpp b/source/games/sw/src/draw.cpp
index c4c3c4af9..7d2f38955 100644
--- a/source/games/sw/src/draw.cpp
+++ b/source/games/sw/src/draw.cpp
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ void PreDrawStackedWater(void)
                     continue;
 
                 // code so that a copied sprite will not make another copy
-                if (itActor2->user.change.X == -989898)
+                if (itActor2->spr.intangle == 0x4711)
                     continue;
 
                 auto actorNew = ConnectCopySprite(&itActor2->spr);
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ void PreDrawStackedWater(void)
                     // spawn a user
                     actorNew->allocUser();
 
-                    actorNew->user.change.X = -989898;
+					actorNew->spr.intangle = 0x4711;
 
                     // copy everything reasonable from the user that
                     // analyzesprites() needs to draw the image