diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index c245fa2b2..9f7209b97 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2529,11 +2529,15 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 							}
 						}
 
-						if($heldItem->onAttackEntity($target) and $this->isSurvival()){ //always fire the hook, even if we are survival
-							$this->inventory->setItemInHand($heldItem);
-						}
+						if($this->isAlive()){
+							//reactive damage like thorns might cause us to be killed by attacking another mob, which
+							//would mean we'd already have dropped the inventory by the time we reached here
+							if($heldItem->onAttackEntity($target) and $this->isSurvival()){ //always fire the hook, even if we are survival
+								$this->inventory->setItemInHand($heldItem);
+							}
 
-						$this->exhaust(0.3, PlayerExhaustEvent::CAUSE_ATTACK);
+							$this->exhaust(0.3, PlayerExhaustEvent::CAUSE_ATTACK);
+						}
 
 						return true;
 					default:
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/entity/Living.php b/src/pocketmine/entity/Living.php
index 55c2a03ae..6202e9ee4 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/entity/Living.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/entity/Living.php
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ abstract class Living extends Entity implements Damageable{
 	/**
 	 * Called after EntityDamageEvent execution to apply post-hurt effects, such as reducing absorption or modifying
 	 * armour durability.
+	 * This will not be called by damage sources causing death.
 	 *
 	 * @param EntityDamageEvent $source
 	 */
@@ -534,6 +535,8 @@ abstract class Living extends Entity implements Damageable{
 			return;
 		}
 
+		$this->attackTime = 10; //0.5 seconds cooldown
+
 		if($source instanceof EntityDamageByEntityEvent){
 			$e = $source->getDamager();
 			if($source instanceof EntityDamageByChildEntityEvent){
@@ -551,15 +554,12 @@ abstract class Living extends Entity implements Damageable{
 			}
 		}
 
-		$this->applyPostDamageEffects($source);
-
 		if($this->isAlive()){
+			$this->applyPostDamageEffects($source);
 			$this->doHitAnimation();
 		}else{
 			$this->startDeathAnimation();
 		}
-
-		$this->attackTime = 10; //0.5 seconds cooldown
 	}
 
 	protected function doHitAnimation() : void{