diff --git a/code/game/atoms.dm b/code/game/atoms.dm
index f30fa412a8f..5410d5f66a0 100644
--- a/code/game/atoms.dm
+++ b/code/game/atoms.dm
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ var/list/blood_splatter_icons = list()
 
 //the sight changes to give to the mob whose perspective is set to that atom (e.g. A mob with nightvision loses its nightvision while looking through a normal camera)
 /atom/proc/update_remote_sight(mob/living/user)
-	sync_lighting_plane_alpha()
+	user.sync_lighting_plane_alpha()
 	return
 
 /atom/proc/checkpass(passflag)