diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm
index 5dcdd353fc7..d29819b294a 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ var/datum/subsystem/objects/SSobj
 #define INITIALIZATION_INNEW_MAPLOAD 1	//New should call Initialize(TRUE)
 #define INITIALIZATION_INNEW_REGULAR 2	//New should call Initialize(FALSE)
 
-/datum/var/isprocessing = 0
-/datum/proc/process()
-	set waitfor = 0
-	STOP_PROCESSING(SSobj, src)
-	return 0
-
 /datum/subsystem/objects
 	name = "Objects"
 	init_order = 12
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm
index 92540ba442f..1b8e1525618 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm
@@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ var/datum/subsystem/processing/SSprocessing
 			processing -= thing
 		if (MC_TICK_CHECK)
 			return
+
+/datum/var/isprocessing = 0
+/datum/proc/process()
+	set waitfor = 0
+	STOP_PROCESSING(SSobj, src)
+	return 0
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