diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_external.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_external.dm
index 3445c426ea3..889fabfc84f 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_external.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_external.dm
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 			"<span class='notice'>[user] has attached [C]'s [src] to the [amputation_point].</span>",
 			"<span class='notice'>You have attached [C]'s [src] to the [amputation_point].</span>")
 		return TRUE
+	return ..()
 
 /obj/item/organ/external/replaced(mob/living/carbon/human/target)
 	owner = target