diff --git a/code/modules/mob/screen.dm b/code/modules/mob/screen.dm
index 14e423c2bbc..edf60ec1f95 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/screen.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/screen.dm
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
 						O.show_message(text("\red <B>[] is trying to break the handcuffs!</B>", usr), 1)
 					spawn(0)
 						if(do_after(usr, 50))
-							if(!usr:handcuffed || usr.moved_recently || usr:buckled) return
+							if(!usr:handcuffed) return
 							for(var/mob/O in viewers(usr))
 								O.show_message(text("\red <B>[] manages to break the handcuffs!</B>", usr), 1)
 							usr << "\green You successfully break your handcuffs."