diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs
index f7ce98a20..a58273954 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Networking/NetworkMember.cs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
 
             string displayedText = message.Text;
 
-            if (message.Sender != null)
+            if (message.Sender != null && !message.Sender.IsDead)
             {
                 message.Sender.ShowSpeechBubble(2.0f, ChatMessage.MessageColor[(int)message.Type]);
             }