diff --git a/src/game/Player.cpp b/src/game/Player.cpp
index f76217c39..80da871c2 100644
--- a/src/game/Player.cpp
+++ b/src/game/Player.cpp
@@ -5465,6 +5465,9 @@ void Player::SetSkill(uint16 id, uint16 step, uint16 currVal, uint16 maxVal)
     {
         if(currVal)
         {
+            // update step
+            SetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_INDEX(itr->second.pos), MAKE_PAIR32(id, step));
+            // update value
             SetUInt32Value(PLAYER_SKILL_VALUE_INDEX(itr->second.pos), MAKE_SKILL_VALUE(currVal, maxVal));
             if(itr->second.uState != SKILL_NEW)
                 itr->second.uState = SKILL_CHANGED;