diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/nutcracker.dm b/code/modules/surgery/nutcracker.dm
index 0557f85360..0526e51eca 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/nutcracker.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/nutcracker.dm
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@
 	M.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[user] is trying to crush [M]\s head with \the [src]!</span>")
 
 	if(do_mob(user, M, crush_time))
-		if(get_location_accessible(M, target_zone) && target_limb) //Yes, two checks, before and after the timer. What if someone puts a helmet on the guy while you're crushing his head?
-			M.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[M]\s head cracks like a watermelon, spilling everything inside, as it becomes an unrecognizable mess!</span>")
-			gib_head(M)
+		if(get_location_accessible(M, target_zone)) //Yes, two checks, before and after the timer. What if someone puts a helmet on the guy while you're crushing his head?
+			if(target_limb)//If he still has the head. In case you queue up a lot of these up at once or the guy loses the head while you're removing it
+				M.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[M]\s head cracks like a watermelon, spilling everything inside, as it becomes an unrecognizable mess!</span>")
+				gib_head(M)
 		else
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Expose [M]\s head before trying to crush it!</span>")