diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
index 229b35660a3..d60748f8dae 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 	loc.visible_message("<span class='warning'>The corpse of [H.name] suddenly rises!</span>")
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobspore/death()
+	..()
+
 	// On death, create a small smoke of harmful gas (s-Acid)
 	var/datum/effect/system/chem_smoke_spread/S = new
 	var/turf/location = get_turf(src)
@@ -108,7 +110,6 @@
 	S.set_up(reagents, 1, 1, location, 15, 1) // only 1-2 smoke cloud
 	S.start()
 
-	ghostize()
 	qdel(src)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobspore/Destroy()