diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index c4a5ab3fa3..0f0f739b04 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 			if(!breath)
 				if(isobj(loc))
 					var/obj/location_as_object = loc
-					breath = location_as_object.handle_internal_lifeform(src, BREATH_VOLUME)
+					breath = location_as_object.handle_internal_lifeform(src, BREATH_MOLES)
 				else if(isturf(loc))
 					var/breath_moles = 0
 					/*if(environment.return_pressure() > ONE_ATMOSPHERE)