diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm
index 4307c6cbd0b..fc2bc6e4c0e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/death.dm
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 	if(stat == DEAD)	return
 	if(healths)		healths.icon_state = "health5"
 
+	if(!gibbed)
+		emote("deathgasp") //let the world KNOW WE ARE DEAD
+
 	stat = DEAD
 	dizziness = 0
 	jitteriness = 0
@@ -128,8 +131,6 @@
 			H.mind.kills += "[name] ([ckey])"
 
 	if(!gibbed)
-		emote("deathgasp") //let the world KNOW WE ARE DEAD
-
 		update_canmove()
 		if(client) blind.layer = 0
 
@@ -175,4 +176,4 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/Drain()
 	ChangeToHusk()
 	mutations |= NOCLONE
-	return
+	return
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