diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm
index fa6a0ddc885..f3c1cf2e96c 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/medicine.dm
@@ -635,7 +635,6 @@
 					M.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[M]'s body starts convulsing!</span>")
 					M.gib()
 					return
-				M.adjustCloneLoss(50)
 				var/mob/dead/observer/ghost = M.get_ghost()
 				if(ghost)
 					to_chat(ghost, "<span class='ghostalert'>You are attempting to be revived with Strange Reagent. Return to your body if you want to be revived!</span> (Verbs -> Ghost -> Re-enter corpse)")
@@ -645,6 +644,7 @@
 				if(!M.suiciding && !ghost && !(NOCLONE in M.mutations))
 					var/time_dead = world.time - M.timeofdeath
 					M.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[M] seems to rise from the dead!</span>")
+					M.adjustCloneLoss(50)
 					M.setOxyLoss(0)
 					M.adjustBruteLoss(rand(0,15))
 					M.adjustToxLoss(rand(0,15))