diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm
index a0a505d61aa..83321e40498 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/protean_vr/protean_blob.dm
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 		return humanform.adjustOxyLoss(amount)
 	else
 		return ..()
-	
+
 /mob/living/simple_mob/protean_blob/adjustHalLoss(amount)
 	if(humanform)
 		return humanform.adjustHalLoss(amount)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	else
 		animate(src, alpha = 0, time = 2 SECONDS)
 		sleep(2 SECONDS)
-	
+
 	if(!QDELETED(src)) // Human's handle death should have taken us, but maybe we were adminspawned or something without a human counterpart
 		qdel(src)
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ var/global/list/disallowed_protean_accessories = list(
 		var/obj/belly/B = belly
 		B.forceMove(blob)
 		B.owner = blob
-	
+
 	//We can still speak our languages!
 	blob.languages = languages.Copy()
 
@@ -402,10 +402,14 @@ var/global/list/disallowed_protean_accessories = list(
 	if(!istype(blob))
 		return
 
+	if(istype(blob.loc, /obj/machinery/atmospherics))
+		to_chat(src, "You cannot reform in these confines!")
+		return
+
 	var/panel_was_up = FALSE
 	if(client?.statpanel == "Protean")
 		panel_was_up = TRUE
-	
+
 	if(buckled)
 		buckled.unbuckle_mob()
 	if(LAZYLEN(buckled_mobs))