diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 0021ef6fd..1c029855d 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 						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 $this->isSurvival()){ //always fire the hook, even if we are survival
+							if($heldItem->onAttackEntity($target) and $this->isSurvival() and $heldItem->equalsExact($this->inventory->getItemInHand())){ //always fire the hook, even if we are survival
 								$this->inventory->setItemInHand($heldItem);
 							}