diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm b/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm
index ddb33295209..377d8041a8a 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/crayons.dm
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 /obj/item/toy/crayon/proc/check_empty(mob/user)
 	// When eating a crayon, check_empty() can be called twice producing
 	// two messages unless we check for being deleted first
-	if(!qdeleted(src))
+	if(qdeleted(src))
 		return TRUE
 
 	. = FALSE