diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs
index 48b2a539a5..55aa334bed 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Corpse.cs
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 		readonly float2 pos;
 		readonly string palette;
 
-		public Corpse(Actor fromActor, int death)
+		public Corpse(Actor fromActor, string sequence)
 		{
 			var rs = fromActor.Trait<RenderSimple>();
 			palette = rs.Palette(fromActor.Owner);
 			anim = new Animation(rs.GetImage(fromActor));
-			anim.PlayThen("die{0}".F(death + 1),
+			anim.PlayThen(sequence,
 				() => fromActor.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this)));
 
 			pos = fromActor.CenterLocation;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs
index e17f810ea0..7e5a6e8767 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Render/RenderInfantry.cs
@@ -119,9 +119,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Render
 
 		public void Killed(Actor self, AttackInfo e)
 		{
-			var death = e.Warhead != null ? e.Warhead.InfDeath : 0;
+			// Killed by some non-standard means
+			if (e.Warhead == null)
+				return;
+
 			Sound.PlayVoice("Die", self, self.Owner.Country.Race);
-			self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Add(new Corpse(self, death)));
+			self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Add(new Corpse(self, "die{0}".F(e.Warhead.InfDeath + 1))));
 		}
 	}
 }