diff --git a/Content.Shared/Trigger/Systems/DnaScrambleOnTriggerSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Trigger/Systems/DnaScrambleOnTriggerSystem.cs
index 9e2dc0ad9f7..8d592f444e1 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Trigger/Systems/DnaScrambleOnTriggerSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Trigger/Systems/DnaScrambleOnTriggerSystem.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public sealed class DnaScrambleOnTriggerSystem : XOnTriggerSystem<DnaScrambleOnT
             return;
 
         var newProfile = HumanoidCharacterProfile.RandomWithSpecies(humanoid.Species);
+        newProfile.Appearance = HumanoidCharacterAppearance.EnsureValid(newProfile.Appearance, humanoid.Species, newProfile.Sex);
         _visualBody.ApplyProfileTo(target, newProfile);
         _humanoidProfile.ApplyProfileTo(target, newProfile);
         _metaData.SetEntityName(target, newProfile.Name, raiseEvents: false); // raising events would update ID card, station record, etc.