1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/los.cc b/crawl-ref/source/los.cc
index bc148d057f..2fc20bdb10 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/los.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/los.cc
@@ -660,10 +660,7 @@ bool find_ray(const coord_def& source, const coord_def& target,
               bool find_best, bool ignore_solid)
 {
     if (target == source)
-    {
-        // XXX: directn expects true, even if the ray is invalid
-        return true;
-    }
+        return false;
 
     const int signx = ((target.x - source.x >= 0) ? 1 : -1);
     const int signy = ((target.y - source.y >= 0) ? 1 : -1);