diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index f82799e6f..f39683659 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2628,6 +2628,13 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 		if(!$this->spawned or !$this->isAlive()){
 			return true;
 		}
+		if($packet->action === InteractPacket::ACTION_MOUSEOVER and $packet->target === 0){
+			//TODO HACK: silence useless spam (MCPE 1.8)
+			//this packet is EXPECTED to only be sent when interacting with an entity, but due to some messy Mojang
+			//hacks, it also sends it when changing the held item now, which causes us to think the inventory was closed
+			//when it wasn't.
+			return true;
+		}
 
 		$this->doCloseInventory();