diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/absorb.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/absorb.dm
index 3e2ff6f3dd..208fefee70 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/absorb.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/absorb.dm
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 
 		var/datum/antagonist/changeling/target_ling = target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/changeling)
-		if(target_ling)//If the target was a changeling, suck out their extra juice and objective points!
+		if(target_ling && !target_ling.hostile_absorbed)//If the target was a changeling, suck out their extra juice and objective points!
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>[target] was one of us. We have absorbed their power.</span>")
 			target_ling.remove_changeling_powers()
 			changeling.geneticpoints += round(target_ling.geneticpoints/2)
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 			changeling.chem_storage += round(target_ling.chem_storage/2)
 			changeling.chem_charges += min(target_ling.chem_charges, changeling.chem_storage)
 			target_ling.chem_charges = 0
+			target_ling.hostile_absorbed = TRUE
 			target_ling.chem_storage = 0
 			changeling.absorbedcount += (target_ling.absorbedcount)
 			target_ling.stored_profiles.len = 1