diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm b/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm
index 35764e40f94..5a3edeb994f 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 				target.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[target] seems to resist the implant!</span>", "<span class='warning'>You feel something interfering with your mental conditioning, but you resist it!</span>")
 			removed(target, 1)
 			qdel(src)
-			return FALSE
+			return TRUE //the implant is still used
 
 		var/datum/antagonist/hivevessel/woke = target.is_wokevessel()
 		if(is_hivemember(target))