diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/slaughter/slaughter.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/slaughter/slaughter.dm
index 9bb970cf53b..d76c7987b94 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/slaughter/slaughter.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/slaughter/slaughter.dm
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@
 		if(!M)
 			continue
 
+		// Unregister the signal first, otherwise it'll trigger the "ling revived inside us" code
+		UnregisterSignal(M, COMSIG_MOB_STATCHANGE)
+
 		M.forceMove(T)
 		if(M.revive(full_heal = TRUE, admin_revive = TRUE))
 			M.grab_ghost(force = TRUE)
@@ -266,14 +269,27 @@
 			to_chat(M, "<span class='clown'>You leave [src]'s warm embrace,	and feel ready to take on the world.</span>")
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/imp/slaughter/laughter/bloodcrawl_swallow(mob/living/victim)
-	if(consumed_mobs)
-		// Keep their corpse so rescue is possible
-		consumed_mobs += victim
-	else
-		// Be safe and just eject the corpse
-		victim.forceMove(get_turf(victim))
-		victim.exit_blood_effect()
-		victim.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[victim] falls out of the air, covered in blood, looking highly confused. And dead.</span>")
+	// Keep their corpse so rescue is possible
+	consumed_mobs += victim
+	RegisterSignal(victim, COMSIG_MOB_STATCHANGE, .proc/on_victim_statchange)
+
+/* Handle signal from a consumed mob changing stat.
+ *
+ * A signal handler for if one of the laughter demon's consumed mobs has
+ * changed stat. If they're no longer dead (because they were dead when
+ * swallowed), eject them so they can't rip their way out from the inside.
+ */
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/imp/slaughter/laughter/proc/on_victim_statchange(mob/living/victim, new_stat)
+	SIGNAL_HANDLER
+
+	if(new_stat == DEAD)
+		return
+	// Someone we've eaten has spontaneously revived; maybe nanites, maybe a changeling
+	victim.forceMove(get_turf(src))
+	victim.exit_blood_effect()
+	victim.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[victim] falls out of the air, covered in blood, with a confused look on their face.</span>")
+	consumed_mobs -= victim
+	UnregisterSignal(victim, COMSIG_MOB_STATCHANGE)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/imp/slaughter/engine_demon
 	name = "engine demon"