diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
index 47bddd16619..6425a7db023 100755
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/PDA/PDA.dm
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ var/global/list/obj/item/device/pda/PDAs = list()
 	var/mob/living/U = usr
 	//Looking for master was kind of pointless since PDAs don't appear to have one.
 	//if ((src in U.contents) || ( istype(loc, /turf) && in_range(src, U) ) )
+	if (usr.stat == DEAD)
+		return 0
 
 	if(can_use()) //Why reinvent the wheel? There's a proc that does exactly that.