diff --git a/code/datums/beam.dm b/code/datums/beam.dm
index 8cb040e5e1..24f5e6c91f 100644
--- a/code/datums/beam.dm
+++ b/code/datums/beam.dm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/beam/proc/Draw()
-	if(QDELETED(target) || !QDELETED(origin))
+	if(QDELETED(target) || QDELETED(origin))
 		qdel(src)
 		return