diff --git a/code/modules/admin/tickets/admintickets.dm b/code/modules/admin/tickets/admintickets.dm
index 5ef1f58dbf5..ea5f7003870 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/tickets/admintickets.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/tickets/admintickets.dm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var/global/datum/adminTicketHolder/globAdminTicketHolder = new /datum/adminTicke
 /datum/adminTicketHolder/proc/checkForTicket(var/client/C)
 	var/list/tickets = list()
 	for(var/datum/admin_ticket/T in allTickets)
-		if(T.clientName == C && T.ticketState == ADMIN_TICKET_OPEN || T.ticketState == ADMIN_TICKET_STALE)
+		if(T.clientName == C && (T.ticketState == ADMIN_TICKET_OPEN || T.ticketState == ADMIN_TICKET_STALE))
 			tickets += T
 	if(tickets.len)
 		return tickets
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index 2533eab0570..600a53d81eb 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@
 					if(check_rights(R_ADMIN|R_MOD, 0, X.mob))
 						to_chat(X, "<span class='boldnotice'>[type]: [key_name(src, TRUE, type)]-&gt;[key_name(C, TRUE, type)]: [emoji_msg]</span>")
 
+	if(type == "Mentorhelp")
+		return
 	//Check if the mob being PM'd has any open admin tickets.
 	var/tickets = list()
 	tickets = globAdminTicketHolder.checkForTicket(C)