diff --git a/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm b/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm
index fd3e1a0442b..8f313c185dc 100644
--- a/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm
+++ b/code/game/jobs/job/job.dm
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 			to_chat(H, "<span class='danger'>Failed to locate a storage object on your mob, either you spawned with no hands free and no backpack or this is a bug.</span>")
 			qdel(G)
 
-		qdel(gear_leftovers)
+		gear_leftovers.Cut()
 
 	return 1