diff --git a/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs
index 79457cb036..1c20927170 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ public sealed class RespiratorSystem : EntitySystem
         if (ent.Comp.SuffocationCycles == 2)
             _adminLogger.Add(LogType.Asphyxiation, $"{ToPrettyString(ent):entity} started suffocating");
 
-        _damageableSys.ChangeDamage(ent.Owner, ent.Comp.Damage, interruptsDoAfters: false);
+        _damageableSys.ChangeDamage(ent.Owner, ent.Comp.Damage, interruptsDoAfters: false, ignoreResistances: true);
 
         if (ent.Comp.SuffocationCycles < ent.Comp.SuffocationCycleThreshold)
             return;