diff --git a/code/game/machinery/cryo.dm b/code/game/machinery/cryo.dm
index dc738ad2139..793ce4332fc 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/cryo.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/cryo.dm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 		return
 	if(user.restrained() || user.stat || user.weakened || user.stunned || user.paralysis || user.resting) //are you cuffed, dying, lying, stunned or other
 		return
-	if(O.anchored || get_dist(user, src) > 1 || get_dist(user, O) > 1 || user.contents.Find(src)) // is the mob anchored, too far away from you, or are you too far away from the source
+	if(get_dist(user, src) > 1 || get_dist(user, O) > 1 || user.contents.Find(src)) // is the mob anchored, too far away from you, or are you too far away from the source
 		return
 	if(!ismob(O)) //humans only
 		return
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/cryopod.dm b/code/game/machinery/cryopod.dm
index ccec232e120..a1e21e3fad1 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/cryopod.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/cryopod.dm
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 		return
 	if(user.restrained() || user.stat || user.weakened || user.stunned || user.paralysis || user.resting) //are you cuffed, dying, lying, stunned or other
 		return
-	if(O.anchored || get_dist(user, src) > 1 || get_dist(user, O) > 1 || user.contents.Find(src)) // is the mob anchored, too far away from you, or are you too far away from the source
+	if(get_dist(user, src) > 1 || get_dist(user, O) > 1 || user.contents.Find(src)) // is the mob anchored, too far away from you, or are you too far away from the source
 		return
 	if(!ismob(O)) //humans only
 		return