diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm
index 3b662b7cc4e..fe31b39395a 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/mines.dm
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 		new /obj/effect/hallucination/delusion(victim.loc,victim,force_kind="demon",duration=duration,skip_nearby=0)
 
 	var/obj/item/weapon/twohanded/required/chainsaw/chainsaw = new(victim.loc)
+	chainsaw.flags |= NODROP
 	victim.drop_r_hand()
 	victim.drop_l_hand()
 	victim.put_in_hands(chainsaw)