diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/tending.dm b/code/modules/surgery/tending.dm
index 2613d204f8a..811064276b7 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/tending.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/tending.dm
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@
 	if(brute_damage_healed == 0 && burn_damage_healed == 0)
 		stack_trace("A healing surgery was given no healing values.")
 		return FALSE
-	var/obj/item/organ/external/affected = target.get_organ(target_zone)
-	if(affected.is_broken())
-		return FALSE
 
 	return (brute_damage_healed && target.get_damage_amount(BRUTE) || burn_damage_healed && target.get_damage_amount(BURN))
 
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@
 
 	if(!can_be_healed(user, target, target_zone))
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>It doesn't look like [target] has any more [damage_name_pretty].</span>")
-		return SURGERY_BEGINSTEP_SKIP
+		return SURGERY_STEP_CONTINUE
 
 	var/brute_healed = brute_damage_healed
 	var/burn_healed = burn_damage_healed