diff --git a/src/World.cpp b/src/World.cpp
index 7982924ae..04eab1851 100644
--- a/src/World.cpp
+++ b/src/World.cpp
@@ -1585,6 +1585,12 @@ void cWorld::SpawnItemPickups(const cItems & a_Pickups, double a_BlockX, double
 	a_FlyAwaySpeed /= 1000;  // Pre-divide, so that we don't have to divide each time inside the loop
 	for (cItems::const_iterator itr = a_Pickups.begin(); itr != a_Pickups.end(); ++itr)
 	{
+		if (!IsValidItem(itr->m_ItemType))
+		{
+			// Don't spawn pickup if item isn't even valid; should prevent client crashing too
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		float SpeedX = (float)(a_FlyAwaySpeed * (r1.randInt(1000) - 500));
 		float SpeedY = (float)(a_FlyAwaySpeed * (r1.randInt(1000) - 500));
 		float SpeedZ = (float)(a_FlyAwaySpeed * (r1.randInt(1000) - 500));
@@ -1605,6 +1611,11 @@ void cWorld::SpawnItemPickups(const cItems & a_Pickups, double a_BlockX, double
 {
 	for (cItems::const_iterator itr = a_Pickups.begin(); itr != a_Pickups.end(); ++itr)
 	{
+		if (!IsValidItem(itr->m_ItemType))
+		{
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		cPickup * Pickup = new cPickup(
 			a_BlockX, a_BlockY, a_BlockZ,
 			*itr, IsPlayerCreated, (float)a_SpeedX, (float)a_SpeedY, (float)a_SpeedZ