diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm
index 79c3459f12b..efaf612a73b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/death.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 	if(!gibbed)
 		emote("deathgasp")
+	reagents.end_metabolization(src)
 
 	. = ..()