diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/mutations.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/mutations.dm
index b7aeb23e6f..3857d1206c 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/mutations.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/changeling/powers/mutations.dm
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_NOPUGILIST))
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>We would gain nothing by forming our fists into brute-force weapons when we are trained in precision martial arts!</span>")
 		return
+	return ..()
 
 /obj/item/clothing/gloves/fingerless/pugilist/cling // switches between lesser GotNS and Big Punchy Rib Breaky Hands
 	name = "hewn bone gauntlets"