diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/alert.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/alert.dm
index bdc9ed80d1a..4e8317b2515 100644
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/alert.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/alert.dm
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ or shoot a gun to move around via Newton's 3rd Law of Motion."
 
 	var/mob/living/living_owner = owner
 	var/last_whisper = tgui_input_text(usr, "Do you have any last words?", "Final Words")
-	if (isnull(last_whisper) || !CAN_SUCCUMB(living_owner))
+	if (!last_whisper || !CAN_SUCCUMB(living_owner))
 		return
 
 	if (length(last_whisper))