diff --git a/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm b/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm
index c78621451db..134f9a1c2c5 100644
--- a/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@
 			formatted_desc = replacetext(formatted_desc, "%pred", owner) //replace with this belly's owner
 			formatted_desc = replacetext(formatted_desc, "%prey", thing) //replace with whatever mob entered into this belly
 			to_chat(thing, span_vnotice("<B>[formatted_desc]</B>"))
+		return
 
 	if(OldLoc in contents)
 		return //Someone dropping something (or being stripdigested)