diff --git a/src/game/Player.cpp b/src/game/Player.cpp
index fb65e8dad..341bf1707 100644
--- a/src/game/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/game/Player.cpp
@@ -5614,8 +5614,11 @@ void Player::UpdateCombatSkills(Unit *pVictim, WeaponAttackType attType, bool de
     if(lvldif < 3)
         lvldif = 3;
 
-    uint32 skilldif = 5 * plevel - (defence ? GetBaseDefenseSkillValue() : GetBaseWeaponSkillValue(attType));
-    if(skilldif <= 0)
+    int32 skilldif = 5 * plevel - (defence ? GetBaseDefenseSkillValue() : GetBaseWeaponSkillValue(attType));
+
+    // Max skill reached for level.
+    // Can in some cases be less than 0: having max skill and then .level -1 as example.
+    if (skilldif <= 0)
         return;
 
     float chance = float(3 * lvldif * skilldif) / plevel;
diff --git a/src/shared/revision_nr.h b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
index afb984a00..1f559d09a 100644
--- a/src/shared/revision_nr.h
+++ b/src/shared/revision_nr.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #ifndef __REVISION_NR_H__
 #define __REVISION_NR_H__
- #define REVISION_NR "11537"
+ #define REVISION_NR "11538"
 #endif // __REVISION_NR_H__