diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/life.dm
index 79c9a1f1214..f1f8f58a91c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/life.dm
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 
 	..()
 
+	if(stat == 2)
+		return
+
 	var/datum/gas_mixture/environment // Added to prevent null location errors-- TLE
 	if(src.loc)
 		environment = loc.return_air()
 
-
 	//Apparently, the person who wrote this code designed it so that
 	//blinded get reset each cycle and then get activated later in the
 	//code. Very ugly. I dont care. Moving this stuff here so its easy