diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index b2df4f827..0373872fb 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 	/** @var int */
 	protected $spawnThreshold;
 	/** @var int */
-	protected $chunkLoadCount = 0;
+	protected $spawnChunkLoadCount = 0;
 	/** @var int */
 	protected $chunksPerTick;
 
@@ -962,8 +962,6 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 		}
 
 		$this->usedChunks[Level::chunkHash($x, $z)] = true;
-		$this->chunkLoadCount++;
-
 		$this->dataPacket($payload);
 
 		if($this->spawned){
@@ -974,8 +972,9 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 			}
 		}
 
-		if($this->chunkLoadCount >= $this->spawnThreshold and !$this->spawned){
-			$this->doFirstSpawn();
+		if($this->spawnChunkLoadCount !== -1 and ++$this->spawnChunkLoadCount >= $this->spawnThreshold){
+			$this->sendPlayStatus(PlayStatusPacket::PLAYER_SPAWN);
+			$this->spawnChunkLoadCount = -1;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1013,11 +1012,12 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 		Timings::$playerChunkSendTimer->stopTiming();
 	}
 
-	protected function doFirstSpawn(){
+	public function doFirstSpawn(){
+		if($this->spawned){
+			return; //avoid player spawning twice (this can only happen on 3.x with a custom malicious client)
+		}
 		$this->spawned = true;
 
-		$this->sendPlayStatus(PlayStatusPacket::PLAYER_SPAWN);
-
 		if($this->hasPermission(Server::BROADCAST_CHANNEL_USERS)){
 			PermissionManager::getInstance()->subscribeToPermission(Server::BROADCAST_CHANNEL_USERS, $this);
 		}
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/PlayerNetworkSessionAdapter.php b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/PlayerNetworkSessionAdapter.php
index adecfab3d..44b245b94 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/PlayerNetworkSessionAdapter.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/PlayerNetworkSessionAdapter.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\RequestChunkRadiusPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ResourcePackChunkRequestPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ResourcePackClientResponsePacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ServerSettingsRequestPacket;
+use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\SetLocalPlayerAsInitializedPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\SetPlayerGameTypePacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ShowCreditsPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\SpawnExperienceOrbPacket;
@@ -280,4 +281,9 @@ class PlayerNetworkSessionAdapter extends NetworkSession{
 	public function handleServerSettingsRequest(ServerSettingsRequestPacket $packet) : bool{
 		return false; //TODO: GUI stuff
 	}
+
+	public function handleSetLocalPlayerAsInitialized(SetLocalPlayerAsInitializedPacket $packet) : bool{
+		$this->player->doFirstSpawn();
+		return true;
+	}
 }