diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/death.dm
index 77018a2cde4..ecf01af344b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/death.dm
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/slime/death(gibbed)
+	if(stat == DEAD)
+		return
 	if(!gibbed)
 		if(is_adult)
 			var/mob/living/carbon/slime/M = new /mob/living/carbon/slime(loc)
@@ -11,12 +13,12 @@
 			number = rand(1, 1000)
 			name = "[colour] [is_adult ? "adult" : "baby"] slime ([number])"
 			return
+		else
+			visible_message("<b>The [name]</b> seizes up and falls limp...")
 
-	if(stat == DEAD)	return
 	stat = DEAD
 	icon_state = "[colour] baby slime dead"
 	overlays.len = 0
-	visible_message("<b>The [name]</b> seizes up and falls limp...") //ded -- Urist
 
 	update_canmove()
 	if(blind)	blind.layer = 0
@@ -27,4 +29,5 @@
 	return ..(gibbed)
 
 /mob/living/carbon/slime/gib()
+	death(1)
 	qdel(src)
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