diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java
index cf711836..9ac00309 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class MovementDescend extends Movement {
 
     private int numTicks = 0;
+    public boolean forceSafeMode = false;
 
     public MovementDescend(IBaritone baritone, BetterBlockPos start, BetterBlockPos end) {
         super(baritone, start, end, new BetterBlockPos[]{end.up(2), end.up(), end}, end.down());
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ public class MovementDescend extends Movement {
     public void reset() {
         super.reset();
         numTicks = 0;
+        forceSafeMode = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called by PathExecutor if needing safeMode can only be detected with knowledge about the next movement
+     */
+    public void forceSafeMode() {
+        forceSafeMode = true;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -252,6 +261,9 @@ public class MovementDescend extends Movement {
     }
 
     public boolean safeMode() {
+        if (forceSafeMode) {
+            return true;
+        }
         // (dest - src) + dest is offset 1 more in the same direction
         // so it's the block we'd need to worry about running into if we decide to sprint straight through this descend
         BlockPos into = dest.subtract(src.down()).add(dest);
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java
index 17fa788d..37cdcaa4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/path/PathExecutor.java
@@ -380,13 +380,20 @@ public class PathExecutor implements IPathExecutor, Helper {
         // however, descend and ascend don't request sprinting, because they don't know the context of what movement comes after it
         if (current instanceof MovementDescend) {
 
+            IMovement next = path.movements().get(pathPosition + 1);
+            if (next instanceof MovementTraverse) {
+                if (MovementHelper.canUseFrostWalker(ctx, next.getDest().down())) {
+                    // if we are going to continue straight onto the water with frostwalker feet.equals(dest) must hold, otherwise we don't want to waste time
+                    // Since MovementDescend can't know the direction of the next movement we have to tell it
+                    ((MovementDescend) current).forceSafeMode(); // keep this out of onTick, even if that means a tick of delay before it has an effect
+                }
+            }
             if (((MovementDescend) current).safeMode() && !((MovementDescend) current).skipToAscend()) {
                 logDebug("Sprinting would be unsafe");
                 return false;
             }
 
             if (pathPosition < path.length() - 2) {
-                IMovement next = path.movements().get(pathPosition + 1);
                 if (next instanceof MovementAscend && current.getDirection().up().equals(next.getDirection().down())) {
                     // a descend then an ascend in the same direction
                     pathPosition++;