diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
index 2d6685d8b2..17dd5e4d79 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
@@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@ var/list/robot_verbs_default = list(
 
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/Topic(href, href_list)
-	if(usr != src)
-		return
 	if(..())
 		return
+	if(usr != src)
+		return
 
 	if (href_list["showalerts"])
 		robot_alerts()