diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/weapon/melee/Spear.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/weapon/melee/Spear.java
index f515d17b1..1d6202235 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/weapon/melee/Spear.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/weapon/melee/Spear.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class Spear extends MeleeWeapon {
 						trajectory = new Ballistica(trajectory.collisionPos, trajectory.path.get(trajectory.path.size() - 1), Ballistica.PROJECTILE);
 						//knock them back along that ballistica
 						WandOfBlastWave.throwChar(enemy, trajectory, 1, true, false, hero);
-					} else {
+					} else if (!enemy.isAlive()) {
 						wep.onAbilityKill(hero, enemy);
 					}
 					Sample.INSTANCE.play(Assets.Sounds.HIT_STRONG);