diff --git a/Content.Server/Mind/MindSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Mind/MindSystem.cs
index fed78f8ad7..6e78578ed0 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Mind/MindSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Mind/MindSystem.cs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public sealed class MindSystem : EntitySystem
     private void OnMindContainerTerminating(EntityUid uid, MindContainerComponent component, ref EntityTerminatingEvent args)
     {
         // Let's not create ghosts if not in the middle of the round.
-        if (_gameTicker.RunLevel != GameRunLevel.InRound)
+        if (_gameTicker.RunLevel == GameRunLevel.PreRoundLobby)
             return;
 
         if (component.Mind is not { } mind)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public sealed class MindSystem : EntitySystem
             Timer.Spawn(0, () =>
             {
                 // Make extra sure the round didn't end between spawning the timer and it being executed.
-                if (_gameTicker.RunLevel != GameRunLevel.InRound)
+                if (_gameTicker.RunLevel == GameRunLevel.PreRoundLobby)
                     return;
 
                 // Async this so that we don't throw if the grid we're on is being deleted.