diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/lungs.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/lungs.dm
index 8250665d587..2d6cb8d79e8 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/lungs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/lungs.dm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 			owner.emote("cough")		//respitory tract infection
 
 	if(is_bruised())
-		if(prob(2))
+		if(prob(2) && !(NO_BLOOD in owner.dna.species.species_traits))
 			owner.custom_emote(1, "coughs up blood!")
 			owner.bleed(1)
 		if(prob(4))