diff --git a/code/game/g_cmds.c b/code/game/g_cmds.c
index f349a1bc42..b8062193a3 100644
--- a/code/game/g_cmds.c
+++ b/code/game/g_cmds.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void Cmd_Give_f (gentity_t *ent)
 		it_ent = G_Spawn();
 		VectorCopy( ent->r.currentOrigin, it_ent->s.origin );
 		it_ent->classname = it->classname;
-		G_SpawnItem (it_ent, it);
+		G_SpawnItem (it_ent, it, qtrue);
 		FinishSpawningItem(it_ent );
 		memset( &trace, 0, sizeof( trace ) );
 		Touch_Item (it_ent, ent, &trace);
diff --git a/code/game/g_items.c b/code/game/g_items.c
index 6cb31aa427..393e73fcd2 100644
--- a/code/game/g_items.c
+++ b/code/game/g_items.c
@@ -363,15 +363,33 @@ void RespawnItem( gentity_t *ent ) {
 		}
 		master = ent->teammaster;
 
-		for (count = 0, ent = master; ent; ent = ent->teamchain, count++)
-			;
+		for (count = 0, ent = master; ent; ent = ent->teamchain) {
+			// Skip disabled (possibly through a disable_%s cvar) items
+			if ( !ent->item ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			count++;
+		}
+
+		// No valid items to spawn
+		if ( count == 0 ) {
+			return;
+		}
 
 		choice = rand() % count;
 
-		for (count = 0, ent = master; ent && count < choice; ent = ent->teamchain, count++)
-			;
+		for (count = 0, ent = master; ent && count < choice; ent = ent->teamchain) {
+			// Skip disabled (possibly through a disable_%s cvar) items
+			if ( !ent->item ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			count++;
+		}
 	}
 
+	// ent->item should not be nullish to this time
 	if (!ent) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -883,14 +901,18 @@ Sets the clipping size and plants the object on the floor.
 
 Items can't be immediately dropped to floor, because they might
 be on an entity that hasn't spawned yet.
+
+forceSpawn lets to bypass check for disabled through disable_%s
+cvar items and spawn them anyway. Used for spawning items through
+third party sources like give command.
 ============
 */
-void G_SpawnItem (gentity_t *ent, gitem_t *item) {
+void G_SpawnItem (gentity_t *ent, gitem_t *item, qboolean forceSpawn) {
 	G_SpawnFloat( "random", "0", &ent->random );
 	G_SpawnFloat( "wait", "0", &ent->wait );
 
 	RegisterItem( item );
-	if ( G_ItemDisabled(item) )
+	if ( !forceSpawn && G_ItemDisabled(item) )
 		return;
 
 	ent->item = item;
diff --git a/code/game/g_local.h b/code/game/g_local.h
index 10ec8dbf44..ee0ac972f5 100644
--- a/code/game/g_local.h
+++ b/code/game/g_local.h
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void PrecacheItem (gitem_t *it);
 gentity_t *Drop_Item( gentity_t *ent, gitem_t *item, float angle );
 gentity_t *LaunchItem( gitem_t *item, vec3_t origin, vec3_t velocity );
 void SetRespawn (gentity_t *ent, float delay);
-void G_SpawnItem (gentity_t *ent, gitem_t *item);
+void G_SpawnItem (gentity_t *ent, gitem_t *item, qboolean forceSpawn);
 void FinishSpawningItem( gentity_t *ent );
 void Think_Weapon (gentity_t *ent);
 int ArmorIndex (gentity_t *ent);
diff --git a/code/game/g_spawn.c b/code/game/g_spawn.c
index a34ced5f07..b502fbd93c 100644
--- a/code/game/g_spawn.c
+++ b/code/game/g_spawn.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ qboolean G_CallSpawn( gentity_t *ent ) {
 	// check item spawn functions
 	for ( item=bg_itemlist+1 ; item->classname ; item++ ) {
 		if ( !strcmp(item->classname, ent->classname) ) {
-			G_SpawnItem( ent, item );
+			G_SpawnItem( ent, item, qfalse );
 			return qtrue;
 		}
 	}