diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/tools/weldingtool.dm b/code/game/objects/items/tools/weldingtool.dm
index 06cbcd86f2..d35dad9f08 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/tools/weldingtool.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/tools/weldingtool.dm
@@ -111,23 +111,23 @@
 
 	if(affecting && affecting.is_robotic_limb() && user.a_intent != INTENT_HARM)
 		//only heal to threshhold_passed_mindamage if limb is damaged to or past threshhold, otherwise heal normally
-		var/damage = affecting.brute_dam
+		var/damage
 		var/heal_amount = 15
 
-		affecting.update_threshhold_state(burn = FALSE)
-
-		if(affecting.threshhold_brute_passed)
-			heal_amount = min(heal_amount, damage - affecting.threshhold_passed_mindamage)
-
-			if(!heal_amount)
-				to_chat(user, "<span class ='notice'[user == H ? "Your" : "[H]'s"] [affecting.name] appears to have suffered severe internal damage and requires surgery to repair further.</span>")
-				return
 		if(src.use_tool(H, user, 0, volume=50, amount=1))
 			if(user == H)
 				user.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] starts to fix some of the dents on [H]'s [affecting.name].</span>",
 					"<span class='notice'>You start fixing some of the dents on [H]'s [affecting.name].</span>")
 				if(!do_mob(user, H, 50))
 					return
+			damage = affecting.brute_dam
+			affecting.update_threshhold_state(burn = FALSE)
+			if(affecting.threshhold_brute_passed)
+				heal_amount = min(heal_amount, damage - affecting.threshhold_passed_mindamage)
+
+				if(!heal_amount)
+					to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[user == H ? "Your" : "[H]'s"] [affecting.name] appears to have suffered severe internal damage and requires surgery to repair further.</span>")
+					return
 			item_heal_robotic(H, user, heal_amount, 0)
 	else
 		return ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/power/cable.dm b/code/modules/power/cable.dm
index 5fbdc57acb..59f869627c 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/cable.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/cable.dm
@@ -550,20 +550,20 @@ By design, d1 is the smallest direction and d2 is the highest
 	var/obj/item/bodypart/affecting = H.get_bodypart(check_zone(user.zone_selected))
 	if(affecting && affecting.is_robotic_limb())
 		//only heal to threshhold_passed_mindamage if limb is damaged to or past threshhold, otherwise heal normally
-		var/damage = affecting.burn_dam
+		var/damage
 		var/heal_amount = 15
 
+		if(user == H)
+			user.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] starts to fix some of the wires in [H]'s [affecting.name].</span>", "<span class='notice'>You start fixing some of the wires in [H]'s [affecting.name].</span>")
+			if(!do_mob(user, H, 50))
+				return
+		damage = affecting.burn_dam
 		affecting.update_threshhold_state(brute = FALSE)
-
 		if(affecting.threshhold_burn_passed)
 			heal_amount = min(heal_amount, damage - affecting.threshhold_passed_mindamage)
 
 			if(!heal_amount)
-				to_chat(user, "<span class ='notice'[user == H ? "Your" : "[H]'s"] [affecting.name] appears to have suffered severe internal damage and requires surgery to repair further.</span>")
-				return
-		if(user == H)
-			user.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[user] starts to fix some of the wires in [H]'s [affecting.name].</span>", "<span class='notice'>You start fixing some of the wires in [H]'s [affecting.name].</span>")
-			if(!do_mob(user, H, 50))
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[user == H ? "Your" : "[H]'s"] [affecting.name] appears to have suffered severe internal damage and requires surgery to repair further.</span>")
 				return
 		if(item_heal_robotic(H, user, 0, heal_amount))
 			use(1)