diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
index 303cde4b05e..9b11de6bdeb 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ default behaviour is:
 /mob/living/verb/succumb()
 	set hidden = 1
 	if ((src.health < 0 && src.health > -95.0))
-		src.adjustOxyLoss(src.health + 200)
-		src.health = 100 - src.getOxyLoss() - src.getToxLoss() - src.getFireLoss() - src.getBruteLoss()
+		src.death()
 		src << "<span class='notice'>You have given up life and succumbed to death.</span>"
 	else
 		src << "<span class='warning'>You are not injured enough to succumb to death!</span>"
diff --git a/html/changelogs/alberyk-PR-3546.yml b/html/changelogs/alberyk-PR-3546.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ecc9578552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/alberyk-PR-3546.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: Alberyk
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes: 
+  - tweak: "IPCs, dionae and other races that could not suffer oxygen damage, should be able to succumb now."