diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index 48c972e0cde..f6df572bbbe 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@
 		var/obj/mecha/M = the_target
 		if (M.occupant)
 			return 0
-	if (istype(target,/obj/spacepod))
-		var/obj/spacepod/S = target
+	if (istype(the_target,/obj/spacepod))
+		var/obj/spacepod/S = the_target
 		if (S.occupant || S.occupant2)
 			return 0
 	return 1