diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
index ecca69e9743..58ece21fb2d 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
@@ -903,6 +903,8 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	new_human.alpha = 150 //Makes them translucent
 	new_human.equipOutfit(/datum/outfit/ghost_cultist) //give them armor
 	new_human.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_SUMMONEDGHOST) //ghosts can't summon more ghosts, also lets you see actual ghosts
+	for(var/obj/item/organ/external/current_organ in new_human.bodyparts)
+		current_organ.limb_flags |= CANNOT_DISMEMBER //you can't chop of the limbs of a ghost, silly
 	ghosts++
 	playsound(src, 'sound/misc/exit_blood.ogg', 50, TRUE)
 	user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>A cloud of red mist forms above [src], and from within steps... a [new_human.gender == FEMALE ? "wo" : ""]man.</span>",
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/helpers.dm b/code/modules/surgery/helpers.dm
index bc579f5387c..3cc4823e8bc 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/helpers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/helpers.dm
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 		if(M == user)
 			return // no self surgery
 
+		if(M.has_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_SUMMONEDGHOST))
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You realise that a ghost probably doesn't have any useful organs.</span>")
+			return //no cult ghost surgery please
+
 		if(istype(M, /mob/living/carbon/human))
 			H = M
 			affecting = H.get_organ(check_zone(selected_zone))