diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm
index a589ae2462..d17cce70f9 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(fail2topic)
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/fail2topic/fire()
-	while (rate_limiting.len)
-		var/ip = rate_limiting[1]
+	for(var/i in 1 to length(rate_limiting))
+		var/ip = rate_limiting[i]
 		var/last_attempt = rate_limiting[ip]
 
 		if (world.time - last_attempt > rate_limit)