diff --git a/src/mod-double-xp-weekend.cpp b/src/mod-double-xp-weekend.cpp
index f36a371..4cf4642 100644
--- a/src/mod-double-xp-weekend.cpp
+++ b/src/mod-double-xp-weekend.cpp
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ class DoubleXpWeekend
 
         if (IsJoyousJourneysActive() && !player->GetPlayerSetting("mod-double-xp-weekend", SETTING_WEEKEND_XP_JOYOUS_JOURNEYS).IsEnabled())
         {
-            rate += ConfigJoyousJourneysXPRate();
+            if (!player->GetMap()->IsBattlegroundOrArena())
+                rate += ConfigJoyousJourneysXPRate();
         }
 
         // Prevent returning 0% rate.