diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
index ae850fdd3..304524699 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp
@@ -2405,6 +2405,10 @@ namespace {
 }
 
 bool InventoryComponent::CanDelete(const Item& item) const {
+	// The object being ridden and the mount item are never deleted, not even by operators
+	const auto* const possessor = m_Parent->GetComponent<PossessorComponent>();
+	if (possessor && (possessor->GetPossessable() == item.GetId() || possessor->GetMountItemID() == item.GetId())) return false;
+
 	if (m_Parent->GetGMLevel() == eGameMasterLevel::OPERATOR) return true;
 
 	const auto row = static_cast<int32_t>(item.GetInfo().delResIndex);
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.h
index 363c9de61..c6074cde8 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.h
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ public:
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether the player may delete this item: its ItemComponent's DeletionRestrictions row, as the client checks it
-	 * (LWOInventoryComponent_Common::CanRemoveFromInventory @ 00ce0d20 in 1.10.64). Operators may delete anything.
+	 * (LWOInventoryComponent_Common::CanRemoveFromInventory @ 00ce0d20 in 1.10.64). The possessed object and the mount
+	 * item are never deleted; otherwise operators may delete anything.
 	 */
 	bool CanDelete(const Item& item) const;
 	void OnMoveItemInInventory(const GameMessages::MoveItemInInventory& msg);
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/DeletionRestrictionTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/DeletionRestrictionTests.cpp
index c4faced69..00d06e26c 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/DeletionRestrictionTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/DeletionRestrictionTests.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "Entity.h"
 #include "InventoryComponent.h"
 #include "Item.h"
+#include "PossessorComponent.h"
 #include "eGameMasterLevel.h"
 #include "eReplicaComponentType.h"
 
@@ -123,3 +124,18 @@ TEST_F(DeletionRestrictionTests, AnyAndAllOfOtherRows) {
 	EXPECT_TRUE(inventory->CanDelete(*any));
 	EXPECT_FALSE(inventory->CanDelete(*all));
 }
+
+TEST_F(DeletionRestrictionTests, ThePossessedObjectAndTheMountItemAreNeverDeleted) {
+	auto* const ridden = Give(1000);
+	auto* const mount = Give(1000);
+	auto* const other = Give(1000);
+	auto* const possessor = entity->AddComponent<PossessorComponent>(-1);
+	possessor->SetPossessable(ridden->GetId());
+	possessor->SetMountItemID(mount->GetId());
+	entity->SetGMLevel(eGameMasterLevel::OPERATOR);
+
+	EXPECT_FALSE(inventory->CanDelete(*ridden));
+	EXPECT_FALSE(inventory->CanDelete(*mount));
+	EXPECT_TRUE(inventory->CanDelete(*other));
+	possessor->SetPossessable(LWOOBJID_EMPTY); // nothing to dismount when the entity goes
+}