diff --git a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating/asteroid.dm b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating/asteroid.dm
index 66882ba0afa..664a5d5819e 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating/asteroid.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor/plating/asteroid.dm
@@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(megafauna_spawn_list, list(/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/me
 				var/maybe_boss = pickweight(megafauna_spawn_list)
 				if(megafauna_spawn_list[maybe_boss])
 					randumb = maybe_boss
-					if(ispath(maybe_boss, /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/bubblegum)) //there can be only one bubblegum, so don't waste spawns on it
-						megafauna_spawn_list.Remove(maybe_boss)
 			else //this is not danger, don't spawn a boss, spawn something else
 				randumb = pickweight(mob_spawn_list)
 
@@ -283,8 +281,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(megafauna_spawn_list, list(/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/me
 			if((ispath(randumb, /obj/structure/spawner/lavaland) || istype(H, /obj/structure/spawner/lavaland)) && get_dist(src, H) <= 2)
 				return //prevents tendrils spawning in each other's collapse range
 
+		if(ispath(randumb, /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/bubblegum)) //there can be only one bubblegum, so don't waste spawns on it
+			megafauna_spawn_list.Remove(randumb)
+
 		new randumb(T)
-	return
 
 #undef SPAWN_MEGAFAUNA
 #undef SPAWN_BUBBLEGUM