diff --git a/code/game/objects/cleaning.dm b/code/game/objects/cleaning.dm
index 2dd6359881b..f1ba88a0441 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/cleaning.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/cleaning.dm
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
 	if(!do_after(user, cleanspeed, target = src))
 		return FALSE
 
-	cleaner.post_clean(src, user)
-
 	if(!cleaner.can_clean())
+		cleaner.post_clean(src, user)
 		return FALSE
 
+	cleaner.post_clean(src, user)
+
 	to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You [text_verb] \the [text_targetname][text_description]</span>")
 
 	if(is_cmagged) //If we've cleaned a cmagged object