diff --git a/Spigot-Server-Patches/0425-Fix-AssertionError-when-player-hand-set-to-empty-typ.patch b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0425-Fix-AssertionError-when-player-hand-set-to-empty-typ.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc4798a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0425-Fix-AssertionError-when-player-hand-set-to-empty-typ.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 2076e011a05ccc5f7ac008f55cabb56d0f478766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lukasz Derlatka <toranktto@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:08:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix AssertionError when player hand set to empty type
+
+Fixes an AssertionError when setting the player's item in hand to null or a new ItemStack of Air in PlayerInteractEvent
+Fixes GH-2718
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityLiving.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityLiving.java
+index f675ad2f5..addbafe66 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityLiving.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityLiving.java
+@@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ public abstract class EntityLiving extends Entity {
+         return this.getEquipment(EnumItemSlot.OFFHAND);
+     }
+ 
++    public ItemStack getItemInHand(EnumHand enumhand) { return this.b(enumhand); } // Paper - OBFHELPER
+     public ItemStack b(EnumHand enumhand) {
+         if (enumhand == EnumHand.MAIN_HAND) {
+             return this.getEquipment(EnumItemSlot.MAINHAND);
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/PlayerConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/PlayerConnection.java
+index ae17cdf23..c9872cbd0 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/PlayerConnection.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/PlayerConnection.java
+@@ -1413,6 +1413,10 @@ public class PlayerConnection implements PacketListenerPlayIn {
+             if (cancelled) {
+                 this.player.getBukkitEntity().updateInventory(); // SPIGOT-2524
+             } else {
++                // Paper start
++                itemstack = this.player.getItemInHand(enumhand);
++                if (itemstack.isEmpty()) return;
++                // Paper end
+                 this.player.playerInteractManager.a(this.player, worldserver, itemstack, enumhand);
+             }
+             // CraftBukkit end
+-- 
+2.24.0
+