diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index 0abf2ca6f8e..f553fa3dc49 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -450,6 +450,20 @@
 
 	// Ok by this point the recipient has to be an admin, and this is either an admin on admin event, or a player replying to an admin
 
+	// You're replying to a ticket that is closed. Bad move. You must have started replying before the close, and then got input()'d
+	// Lets be nice and pass this off to a new ticket, as we recomend above
+	if(!ticket)
+		to_chat(src,
+			type = MESSAGE_TYPE_ADMINPM,
+			html = span_danger("Error: Admin-PM-Send: Attempted to send a reply to a closed ticket."),
+			confidential = TRUE)
+		to_chat(src,
+			type = MESSAGE_TYPE_ADMINPM,
+			html = span_notice("Relaying message to a new admin help."),
+			confidential = TRUE)
+		GLOB.admin_help_ui_handler.perform_adminhelp(src, raw_message, FALSE)
+		return FALSE
+
 	// Let's play some music for the admin, only if they want it tho
 	if(sound_prefs & SOUND_ADMINHELP)
 		SEND_SOUND(recipient, sound('sound/effects/adminhelp.ogg'))