diff --git a/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm b/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
index 7989f03315..bb2d121125 100644
--- a/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	. = ..()
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/relaymove(mob/living/user, direction)
-	if(!(direction & initialize_directions)) //can't go in a way we aren't connecting to
+	if(user.loc != src || !(direction & initialize_directions)) //can't go in a way we aren't connecting to
 		return
 	ventcrawl_to(user,findConnecting(direction, user.ventcrawl_layer),direction)