diff --git a/code/game/machinery/vendors/vending.dm b/code/game/machinery/vendors/vending.dm
index 0aabb4976da..8f574e6bc5f 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/vendors/vending.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/vendors/vending.dm
@@ -904,7 +904,9 @@
 /obj/machinery/economy/vending/proc/do_vend(datum/data/vending_product/R, mob/user, put_in_hands = TRUE)
 	var/vended = R.vend(loc)
 	if(put_in_hands && isliving(user) && istype(vended, /obj/item) && Adjacent(user))
-		user.put_in_hands(vended)
+		// Try the active hand first, then the inactive hand, and leave it here if both fail
+		if(!user.put_in_active_hand(vended))
+			user.put_in_inactive_hand(vended)
 	return vended
 
 /* Example override for do_vend proc: