diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index 38ea581470a526d2220d332adb9932ef5468fd39..d2de52cd930d629c157864269a42ef24ac004434 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -10749,7 +10749,7 @@ mobj_t *P_SpawnMobj(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, fixed_t z, mobjtype_t type)
 	// Set shadowscale here, before spawn hook so that Lua can change it
 	mobj->shadowscale = P_DefaultMobjShadowScale(mobj);
 
-	if (!(mobj->flags & MF_NOTHINK))
+	if (!(mobj->flags & MF_NOTHINK) || (titlemapinaction && mobj->type == MT_ALTVIEWMAN))
 		P_AddThinker(THINK_MOBJ, &mobj->thinker);
 
 	// DANGER! This can cause P_SpawnMobj to return NULL!