diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode_latespawn.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode_latespawn.dm
index 4fc1bc6f77..ecafc0dbc5 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode_latespawn.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode_latespawn.dm
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
 	if(emergency_shuttle.departed || !round_autoantag)
 		return
 
+	if(emergency_shuttle.shuttle && (emergency_shuttle.shuttle.moving_status == SHUTTLE_WARMUP || emergency_shuttle.shuttle.moving_status == SHUTTLE_INTRANSIT))
+		return // Don't do anything if the shuttle's coming.
+
+	var/mills = round_duration_in_ticks
+	var/mins = round((mills % 36000) / 600)
+	var/hours = round(mills / 36000)
+
+	if(hours >= 2 && mins >= 40) // Don't do anything in the last twenty minutes of the round, as well.
+		return
+
 	if(world.time < next_spawn)
 		return