diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/ghost.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/ghost.dm
index daed363b8d9..9db8b6f074f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/ghost.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/ghost.dm
@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Someone else already took this spider.</span>")
 		return
 	key = user.key
+	walk(src, 0) // if spider is moving under ai control (already aggroed on something before player control), then stop AI movement
 	for(var/mob/dead/observer/G in GLOB.player_list)
 		G.show_message("<i>A ghost has taken control of <b>[src]</b>. ([ghost_follow_link(src, ghost=G)]).</i>")