diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/photography.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/photography.dm
index 1b6756334c..c91e086523 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/photography.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/photography.dm
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ var/global/photo_count = 0
 	var/viewer = user
 	if(user.client)		//To make shooting through security cameras possible
 		viewer = user.client.eye
-	var/can_see = (dummy in viewers(world.view, viewer)) != null
+	var/can_see = (dummy in viewers(world.view, viewer))
 
 	dummy.loc = null
 	dummy = null	//Alas, nameless creature	//garbage collect it instead