diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index 4ca19fa57b..0cadf6ddff 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -951,9 +951,7 @@
 					spawn(rand(20,50))
 						client.dir = 1
 
-			hallucination -= 2
-			if(hallucination < 0)
-				hallucination = 0
+			hallucination = max(0, hallucination - 2)
 		else
 			for(var/atom/a in hallucinations)
 				qdel(a)