--- deliantra/server/socket/item.C	2010/04/11 23:48:57	1.94
+++ deliantra/server/socket/item.C	2011/04/23 04:56:58	1.96
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Deliantra, the Roguelike Realtime MMORPG.
  * 
- * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
+ * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
  * Copyright (©) 2002 Mark Wedel & Crossfire Development Team
  * Copyright (©) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen
  * 
@@ -629,15 +629,9 @@
       return;
     }
 
-  object *op = esrv_get_ob_from_count (pl->ob, tag);
-
-  if (!op)
-    {
-      LOG (llevDebug, "Player '%s' tried to apply the unknown object (%d)\n", &pl->ob->name, tag);
-      return;
-    }
-
-  pl->ob->apply (op, AP_TOGGLE);
+  // the object might be legally gone already
+  if (object *op = esrv_get_ob_from_count (pl->ob, tag))
+    pl->ob->apply (op, AP_TOGGLE);
 }
 
 /** Client wants to lock some object. Lets do so. */