diff --git a/Content.Server/Ghost/Roles/GhostRoleSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Ghost/Roles/GhostRoleSystem.cs
index 02592358a51..90abb982865 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Ghost/Roles/GhostRoleSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Ghost/Roles/GhostRoleSystem.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 using Content.Shared.Verbs;
 using Robust.Shared.Collections;
 using Content.Shared.Ghost.Roles.Components;
+using Content.Shared.Mobs.Systems;
 using Content.Shared.Roles.Jobs;
 using Content.Sunrise.Interfaces.Shared; // Sunrise-Sponsors
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public sealed class GhostRoleSystem : EntitySystem
     [Dependency] private readonly PopupSystem _popupSystem = default!;
     [Dependency] private readonly IPrototypeManager _prototype = default!;
     [Dependency] private readonly GameTicker _gameTicker = default!;
+    [Dependency] private readonly MobStateSystem _mobState = default!;
 
     private ISharedSponsorsManager? _sponsorsManager; // Sunrise-Sponsors
 
@@ -669,6 +671,11 @@ private void OnMindRemoved(EntityUid uid, GhostTakeoverAvailableComponent compon
         if (!ghostRole.ReregisterOnGhost || component.LifeStage > ComponentLifeStage.Running)
             return;
 
+        // Sunrise-Start
+        if (!_mobState.IsAlive(uid))
+            return;
+        // Sunrise-End
+
         ghostRole.Taken = false;
         RegisterGhostRole((uid, ghostRole));
     }