diff --git a/code/modules/fishing/fish/types/rift.dm b/code/modules/fishing/fish/types/rift.dm
index 8e2a35e1f1e..641336f0dbe 100644
--- a/code/modules/fishing/fish/types/rift.dm
+++ b/code/modules/fishing/fish/types/rift.dm
@@ -396,12 +396,13 @@
 	visible_message(span_suicide("[user] swallows [src] whole! It looks like they're trying to commit suicide!"))
 	forceMove(user)
 	var/datum/gas_mixture/environment = user.loc.return_air()
-	var/oxygen_in_air = check_gases(environment.gases, list(/datum/gas/oxygen))
+	var/oxygen_in_air = locate(/datum/gas/oxygen) in environment.gases
 	if(!oxygen_in_air || (status == FISH_DEAD))
 		visible_message(span_suicide("[user] chokes and dies! (Wait, from the fish or from lack of air?)"))
 		return OXYLOSS
 
 	user.petrify(statue_timer = INFINITY)
+	user.death()
 	visible_message(span_suicide("[user]'s skin turns into quartz upon contact with the oxygen in the air!'"))
 	qdel(src)
 	return MANUAL_SUICIDE