diff --git a/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php b/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php
index 8503f4eec..5d33f501f 100644
--- a/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php
+++ b/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ class InGamePacketHandler extends PacketHandler{
 			case PlayerAction::CREATIVE_PLAYER_DESTROY_BLOCK:
 				//TODO: do we need to handle this?
 			case PlayerAction::PREDICT_DESTROY_BLOCK:
+				self::validateFacing($face);
 				if(!$this->player->breakBlock($pos)){
 					$face = self::deserializeFacing($extraData);
 					$this->syncBlocksNearby($pos, $face);