diff --git a/src/r_things.c b/src/r_things.c
index f87e13d7f..ce40bee9f 100644
--- a/src/r_things.c
+++ b/src/r_things.c
@@ -1036,9 +1036,11 @@ static void R_DrawVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis)
 			texturecolumn = frac>>FRACBITS;
 			if (texturecolumn < 0 || texturecolumn >= pwidth)
 				I_Error("R_DrawSpriteRange: bad texturecolumn at %d from end", vis->x2 - dc_x);
+			column = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)patch->columns + (patch->columnofs[texturecolumn]));
 			if (bmpatch)
 				bmcol = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)bmpatch->columns + (bmpatch->columnofs[texturecolumn]));
 #else
+			column = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)patch->columns + (patch->columnofs[frac>>FRACBITS]));
 			if (bmpatch)
 				bmcol = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)bmpatch->columns + (bmpatch->columnofs[texturecolumn]));
 #endif
@@ -1059,9 +1061,11 @@ static void R_DrawVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis)
 			texturecolumn = frac>>FRACBITS;
 			if (texturecolumn < 0 || texturecolumn >= pwidth)
 				I_Error("R_DrawSpriteRange: bad texturecolumn at %d from end", vis->x2 - dc_x);
+			column = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)patch->columns + (patch->columnofs[texturecolumn]));
 			if (bmpatch)
 				bmcol = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)bmpatch->columns + (bmpatch->columnofs[texturecolumn]));
 #else
+			column = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)patch->columns + (patch->columnofs[frac>>FRACBITS]));
 			if (bmpatch)
 				bmcol = (column_t *)((UINT8 *)bmpatch->columns + (bmpatch->columnofs[texturecolumn]));
 #endif