diff --git a/code/datums/wounds/loss.dm b/code/datums/wounds/loss.dm
index b62555d46bb..17ffa7cec83 100644
--- a/code/datums/wounds/loss.dm
+++ b/code/datums/wounds/loss.dm
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@
 	log_wound(victim, src)
 	dismembered_part.dismember(wounding_type == WOUND_BURN ? BURN : BRUTE)
 	qdel(src)
+	return TRUE
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm
index 3e930764fe7..3a6542f8be7 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@
 
 	if(prob(base_chance))
 		var/datum/wound/loss/dismembering = new
-		dismembering.apply_dismember(src, wounding_type)
-		return TRUE
+		return dismembering.apply_dismember(src, wounding_type)
 
 //when a limb is dropped, the internal organs are removed from the mob and put into the limb
 /obj/item/organ/proc/transfer_to_limb(obj/item/bodypart/LB, mob/living/carbon/C)