diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm
index 804b783592b..bbfa8b1409b 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	if (locked.Find(variable) && !(src.holder.rank in list("Game Master", "Game Admin")))
 		return
 
-	if (variable == "holder" && !holder.rank == "Game Master") //Hotfix, a bit ugly but that exploit has been there for ages and now somebody just had to go and tell everyone of it bluh bluh - U
+	if (variable == "holder" && holder.rank != "Game Master") //Hotfix, a bit ugly but that exploit has been there for ages and now somebody just had to go and tell everyone of it bluh bluh - U
 		return
 
 	if(isnull(var_value))
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm
index 1cea74adbc1..6d8439a5b75 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 	if (locked.Find(variable) && !(src.holder.rank in list("Game Master", "Game Admin")))
 		return
 
-	if (variable == "holder" && !holder.rank == "Game Master") //Hotfix, a bit ugly but that exploit has been there for ages and now somebody just had to go and tell everyone of it bluh bluh - U
+	if (variable == "holder" && holder.rank != "Game Master") //Hotfix, a bit ugly but that exploit has been there for ages and now somebody just had to go and tell everyone of it bluh bluh - U
 		return
 
 	if(isnull(var_value))