diff --git a/src/bitboard.h b/src/bitboard.h
index 559c70f6..c6dbc647 100644
--- a/src/bitboard.h
+++ b/src/bitboard.h
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ constexpr Bitboard pawn_attacks_bb(Bitboard b) {
 }
 
 
+/// double_pawn_attacks_bb() returns the pawn attacks for the given color
+/// from the squares in the given bitboard.
+
+template<Color C>
+constexpr Bitboard double_pawn_attacks_bb(Bitboard b) {
+  return C == WHITE ? shift<NORTH_WEST>(b) & shift<NORTH_EAST>(b)
+                    : shift<SOUTH_WEST>(b) & shift<SOUTH_EAST>(b);
+}
+
+
 /// adjacent_files_bb() returns a bitboard representing all the squares on the
 /// adjacent files of the given one.
 
diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index f1bb861d..d6239594 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ namespace {
         attackedBy[Us][Pt] |= b;
         attackedBy[Us][ALL_PIECES] |= b;
 
-        if (b & kingRing[Them])
+        if (b & kingRing[Them] & ~double_pawn_attacks_bb<Them>(pos.pieces(Them, PAWN)))
         {
             kingAttackersCount[Us]++;
             kingAttackersWeight[Us] += KingAttackWeights[Pt];