diff --git a/src/phases/move-phase.ts b/src/phases/move-phase.ts
index 6bdef281d70..2b3f5a07f6c 100644
--- a/src/phases/move-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/move-phase.ts
@@ -120,13 +120,10 @@ export class MovePhase extends BattlePhase {
     console.log(Moves[this.move.moveId]);
 
     // Check if move is unusable (e.g. because it's out of PP due to a mid-turn Spite).
-    if (!this.canMove(true)) {
-      if (this.pokemon.isActive(true) && this.move.ppUsed >= this.move.getMovePp()) {
-        this.fail();
-        this.showMoveText();
-        this.showFailedText();
-      }
-
+    if ((!this.canMove(true) || this.move.ppUsed >= this.move.getMovePp()) && this.pokemon.isActive(true)) {
+      this.fail();
+      this.showMoveText();
+      this.showFailedText();
       return this.end();
     }
 
@@ -378,16 +375,12 @@ export class MovePhase extends BattlePhase {
     } else {
       this.pokemon.pushMoveHistory({ move: this.move.moveId, targets: this.targets, result: MoveResult.FAIL, virtual: this.move.virtual });
 
-      let failedText: string | undefined;
       const failureMessage = move.getFailedText(this.pokemon, targets[0], move, new BooleanHolder(false));
-
       if (failureMessage) {
-        failedText = failureMessage;
+        this.showMoveText();
+        this.showFailedText(failureMessage);
       }
 
-      this.showMoveText();
-      this.showFailedText(failedText);
-
       // Remove the user from its semi-invulnerable state (if applicable)
       this.pokemon.lapseTags(BattlerTagLapseType.MOVE_EFFECT);
     }