diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/paper_cutter.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/paper_cutter.dm
index 7478a1c546..0f57d53111 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/paper_cutter.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/paper_cutter.dm
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@
 		update_icon()
 
 /obj/item/papercutter/MouseDrop(atom/over_object)
-	. = ..()
-	if(.)
-		return
 	var/mob/M = usr
 	if(M.incapacitated() || !Adjacent(M))
 		return
@@ -104,6 +101,10 @@
 	else if(istype(over_object, /obj/screen/inventory/hand))
 		var/obj/screen/inventory/hand/H = over_object
 		M.putItemFromInventoryInHandIfPossible(src, H.held_index)
+
+	else
+	 . = ..()
+
 	add_fingerprint(M)
 
 /obj/item/paperslip
diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/paperbin.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/paperbin.dm
index 5db0c63b9a..6bf746fefa 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/paperbin.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/paperbin.dm
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 	..()
 
 /obj/item/paper_bin/MouseDrop(atom/over_object)
-	. = ..()
-	if(.)
-		return
 	var/mob/living/M = usr
 	if(!istype(M) || M.incapacitated() || !Adjacent(M))
 		return
@@ -54,6 +51,9 @@
 	else if(istype(over_object, /obj/screen/inventory/hand))
 		var/obj/screen/inventory/hand/H = over_object
 		M.putItemFromInventoryInHandIfPossible(src, H.held_index)
+		
+	else
+		. = ..()
 
 	add_fingerprint(M)