diff --git a/code/fgame/player.cpp b/code/fgame/player.cpp
index 8fa3d7e5..3a908b32 100644
--- a/code/fgame/player.cpp
+++ b/code/fgame/player.cpp
@@ -5246,6 +5246,11 @@ void Player::EvaluateState(State *forceTorso, State *forceLegs)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (flags & FL_IMMOBILE) {
+        // Don't evaluate state when immobile
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Evaluate the current state.
     // When the state changes, we reevaluate the state so that if the
     // conditions aren't met in the new state, we don't play one frame of