diff --git a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
index 33cb29a0da..c974422fc0 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.cs
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ public sealed partial class ChatSystem : SharedChatSystem
 
         var (message, channel) = GetRadioPrefix(source, originalMessage);
 
+        message = TransformSpeech(source, message);
+        if (message.Length == 0)
+            return;
+
         if (channel != null)
         {
             _listener.PingListeners(source, message, channel);
@@ -256,10 +260,6 @@ public sealed partial class ChatSystem : SharedChatSystem
             return;
         }
 
-        message = TransformSpeech(source, message);
-        if (message.Length == 0)
-            return;
-
         var messageWrap = Loc.GetString("chat-manager-entity-say-wrap-message",
             ("entityName", Name(source)));