diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 213ba55d3..29e310b58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     Bug #5092: NPCs with enchanted weapons play sound when out of charges
     Bug #5093: Hand to hand sound plays on knocked out enemies
     Bug #5099: Non-swimming enemies will enter water if player is water walking
+    Bug #5105: NPCs start combat with werewolves from any distance
     Bug #5110: ModRegion with a redundant numerical argument breaks script execution
     Feature #1774: Handle AvoidNode
     Feature #2229: Improve pathfinding AI
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/mechanicsmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/mechanicsmanagerimp.cpp
index 23f5ea01d..fd7ab63fe 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/mechanicsmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/mechanicsmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -1785,8 +1785,8 @@ namespace MWMechanics
         if (ptr.getClass().isNpc())
             disposition = getDerivedDisposition(ptr, true);
 
-        int fight = std::max(0, ptr.getClass().getCreatureStats(ptr).getAiSetting(CreatureStats::AI_Fight).getModified()
-                + static_cast<int>(getFightDistanceBias(ptr, target) + getFightDispositionBias(static_cast<float>(disposition))));
+        int fight = ptr.getClass().getCreatureStats(ptr).getAiSetting(CreatureStats::AI_Fight).getModified()
+                + static_cast<int>(getFightDistanceBias(ptr, target) + getFightDispositionBias(static_cast<float>(disposition)));
 
         if (ptr.getClass().isNpc() && target.getClass().isNpc())
         {