diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.c b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
index f5f3edfc1..e658051a6 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.c
@@ -5422,7 +5422,8 @@ static void HWR_AddSprites(sector_t *sec)
 	{
 		for (thing = sec->thinglist; thing; thing = thing->snext)
 		{
-			if (thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW)
+			if (thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW ||
+					thing == r_viewmobj)
 				continue;
 
 			approx_dist = P_AproxDistance(viewx-thing->x, viewy-thing->y);
@@ -5445,7 +5446,8 @@ static void HWR_AddSprites(sector_t *sec)
 	{
 		// Draw everything in sector, no checks
 		for (thing = sec->thinglist; thing; thing = thing->snext)
-			if (!(thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW))
+			if (!(thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW ||
+						thing == r_viewmobj))
 				HWR_ProjectSprite(thing);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/r_things.c b/src/r_things.c
index ef496335e..2a18c06a4 100644
--- a/src/r_things.c
+++ b/src/r_things.c
@@ -1845,7 +1845,8 @@ void R_AddSprites(sector_t *sec, INT32 lightlevel)
 	{
 		for (thing = sec->thinglist; thing; thing = thing->snext)
 		{
-			if (thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW)
+			if (thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW ||
+					thing == r_viewmobj)
 				continue;
 
 			approx_dist = P_AproxDistance(viewx-thing->x, viewy-thing->y);
@@ -1868,7 +1869,8 @@ void R_AddSprites(sector_t *sec, INT32 lightlevel)
 	{
 		// Draw everything in sector, no checks
 		for (thing = sec->thinglist; thing; thing = thing->snext)
-			if (!(thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW))
+			if (!(thing->sprite == SPR_NULL || thing->flags2 & MF2_DONTDRAW ||
+						thing == r_viewmobj))
 				R_ProjectSprite(thing);
 	}