diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm
index 3aefc2d8e3..9c42da598d 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/dismemberment.dm
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 		var/datum/scar/scaries = new
 		var/datum/wound/loss/phantom_loss = new // stolen valor, really
 		scaries.generate(L, phantom_loss)
-		if(HAS_TRAIT(src, ROBOTIC_LIMBS)) //Snowflake trait moment, but needed.
-			L.change_bodypart_status(BODYPART_HYBRID, FALSE, TRUE) //Haha what if IPC-lings actually regenerated the right limbs instead of organic ones? That'd be pretty cool, right?
 		L.attach_limb(src, 1)
+		if(ROBOTIC_LIMBS in dna.species.species_traits) //Snowflake trait moment, but needed.
+			L.change_bodypart_status(BODYPART_HYBRID, FALSE, TRUE) //Haha what if IPC-lings actually regenerated the right limbs instead of organic ones? That'd be pretty cool, right?
 		return TRUE
diff --git a/html/changelogs/AutoChangeLog-pr-13531.yml b/html/changelogs/AutoChangeLog-pr-13531.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c138ef98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/AutoChangeLog-pr-13531.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+author: "DeltaFire15"
+delete-after: True
+changes: 
+  - bugfix: "A certain lizard (totally not me) being stupid is no longer going to break regenerate_bodyparts"