diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 3c2287f56..ccb777c0d 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -871,3 +871,7 @@ Fixed stats being visible to users even after defining
 STATS_ONLYOPER in config.h
 --Luke
 ===================================
+
+Applied Syzop's fix for operoverride crash.
+--Luke
+===================================
diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 228583a37..925bfbc4c 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ int  m_mode(cptr, sptr, parc, parv)
 	 * Now, we can actually do the mode.  */
 
 	(void)do_mode(chptr, cptr, sptr, parc - 2, parv + 2, sendts, 0);
-
+	opermode = 0;
 	return 0;
 }